(This is a letter I wrote to myself about this time. Please remind me of it so I don't forget.)
I hope I am lucky enough to be able to remember this time for something different than what it seems.
If I and those I care about avoid a worst case scenario during this time, I should choose to take full advantage of what could possibly be the greatest gift given to me in my entire life. This gift of time right now is in its purest form, and undoubtedly, it is the most valuable element on earth. It is also this same cherished element that many will lose during this time.
If you are this lucky and come out of this unscathed, how are you going to remember this? You should allow yourself to form a positive answer at this time. In fact, the answer has a chance to be one of your greatest memories of your life.
Before you decide to let time waste away, maybe your life can be changed forever. Perhaps you could learn a new skill or create something you never thought was possible. Lose your screens and lose yourself in carefully considered thoughts, actions, and human interactions.
It will be easy to dwell on what-ifs and ruin your best ideas on worst case scenarios. It will be tempting to obsessively watch the unexplainable try to be explained. This time could evaporate without a trace. Shouldn't it be put to better use instead? While you should remain curious about how today unfolded, you should carefully understand what you can and cannot control. These things will shape this time for you and how you ultimately judge it.
At this time, you have been granted an hourglass with invisible sand. Yet you'd be wise to imagine each granule of sand passing through. You should treat this time with utmost respect and care since it will inevitably run out.
You may be quick to label this time as "crazy" or "uncertain" or "challenging" or another word that has some uneasiness hiding within it. Perhaps it is worthwhile for this time to be named something far more promising from now on.
This time could very well be the most memorable time span in your life. On the surface, your life has seemingly been turned upside down. Will you flounder or will you fly? Perhaps the world has forced you take on a different and much more important perspective.
Will this invisible sand in your hourglass transform into something you can remember positively for the rest of your life? Or will this time evaporate into the misty fog with nothing to show for this unexpected gift?
