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Magical Creature Lessons: #11
After over a year of isolation, virtual classrooms, and living with The Glitter — The Magical Creatures are emerging back into their social lives. Soccer, lacrosse, and swim teams brought new friends into their sphere of existence. Old friends came for play dates in a carefully orchestrated dance between parents as everyone adjusts back to a world that is safer for their loved ones.
The change in my granddaughters’ day-to-day joy has increased exponentially as they are allowed to interact with their peers. Kids understand instinctively that we need A Tribe.
And so — we follow their lead. Slowly — surely we are reconnecting with friends near and far.
Because when it comes down to it — Life is about who we share it with. It’s not a race to collect the most toys, to climb the corporate or social ladder, to have the largest stock portfolio.
It always comes down to the Humans in our world.
When the pandemic hit, we all pivoted. We adjusted how we worked, how we schooled the children, how we shopped. We learned we could do without the live music we loved, window shopping at the mall, movies at movie theaters, drinks at the bar — the list is vast. All. The. Things. we stopped doing during These Days.
But everyone I know didn’t waste much energy mourning the activities we weren’t doing. Everyone I know mourned the loss of daily contact with other Humans. When it came right down to it, the only thing we really needed was each other.
As the country opens up — don’t forget this lesson. Resume doing the stuff that brought you joy — but always remember this.
We are all here for The Company.
Namaste.
