Since becoming quarantined (about a 2 week period) to try and prevent the spread of Covid-19 and to protect myself the best I can from becoming sick I have:
•painted my nails approx 6 times (does it count as double if you paint each hand seperatly?)
•finished one book, started another
•binge watched an entire show on Netflix and one on Amazon (The Letter For The King and Shakespeare uncovered respectively)
•baked cookies, muffins, challah bread, pumpkin bread and made plum tarts (more baking to come worry not)
•done a puzzle (it was butterfly shaped that was kinda cool)
•signed up on mutual (that was an especially low moment)
•reorganize and cleaned our basement storage area under the stairs (turns out we have a family of mice... nasty!)
•taken a bath for no reason other than to soak
•cleaned my room (I also put up some of my artwork, I'll share about my new love of painting in another blog post, stay tuned)
•done meaningless crafts (coloring books, homemade picture frames, you get the idea... I'm trying out origami next)
•played Mario DDR with my parents (strange but pretty amusing ngl)
And now written a blog post ;)
Welcome to my new reality. Have I ever discussed my love of the movie; Rise of the Guardians? For those unfamiliar it's a DreamWorks animation about the Guardians, tooth fairy, sandman, Santa Claus and the Easter bunny, and their fight against Pitch Black with the help of newcomer Jack Frost. It's interesting because it focuses on Fear and how we can overcome it.
How do you fight against fear? How do we face the darkness in the world? I don't know about y'all but I'm dealing with some fear and anxiety right now. These are scary times we live in, I think most of us can agree on that. Between the dangers contacted to this unfamiliar illness, social isolation, a lack of control, even just boredom can have negative affects on your mental state. It has for me. So what do we do about it?
I'll be honest I don't really know. I'm a little at a loss.... if, like in Rise of the Guardians, our dreams turn to nightmares does that mean on some way the the darkness has become apart of us? I think sometimes the darkness becomes so great and overwhelming it starts to seep into our very thoughts and feelings. It's starting to get to that point for me... I just feel so heavy I just want to lay down and cry. But what do we do? This cannot be the end of the story....
In Rise of the Guardians their solution is multi-dimensional here are the key points I noticed;
1. The importance of identity. We have to know who we are. We are children of a loving father in Heaven. He does love us he does have a plan for us. We have a purpose for our life on earth.
2. There is a power in belief. Belief in hope, wonder and dreams. But also a "belief" or perhaps acknowledgment of our fear. Because of our belief in the good we must acknowledge the bad. There cannot be light without darkness.
3. One person can change the tide of the world. Whether it's one kind act that changes someone's day or changes a nation. One person who chooses to reach out to another changes the entire world. You have the power to fight the darkness. Believing in your power to overcome gives you a greater power to do so.
4. The best way to fight the darkness is with light. Light of love and fun and laughter. Light of family and friends coming together to help each other. The light of Christ inside us all pushes the darkness away.
Maybe we just have to believe and trust in the older brother who is willing to sacrifice everything, even himself, to save us. Or maybe I'm just emotionally exhausted and overwhelmed and because of it reading way to much into this movie. Either way it's one of my favorite and I feel a little better and a little lighter.
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