The world is changed.

I feel it in the water.

I feel it in the earth.

I smell it in the air.

Much that once was is lost.

Galadriel – The Lord of the Rings

It feels like another lifetime ago when I wrote my last blog post. In reality it has been about five weeks. Covid-19 seems to have altered life almost beyond all recognition.

I was fortunate enough to start a new job just before Coronavirus broke out. I almost thought I wouldn’t have started but I did and was at work for three days before they suspended my training to make way for emergency measures to help deal with the pandemic. I was moved to another department and I am still working every weekday.

I am grateful that I still have the opportunity to go out to work everyday in a world of lockdown. Recently spending four days at home over the Easter Bank Holiday period was so weird. I was bored. I didn’t know what to do with myself but I knew I didn’t want to go outside and do something because being out every weekday and dealing with people from different households to your own can be very stressful, particularly if they do not follow social distances rules and don’t seem to care about the situation.

What is worse is just how negative and hostile the world now seems to be. I almost avoid Facebook now and I have blocked people because of just the negativity and digs people make at random things.

Today, people were getting fed up with Tom Moore and how everyone is making a big deal out of him for basically doing nothing. For those that are not aware. Tom Moore, fought in the Second World War in the Royal Navy and at the age of 99. Decided to do 100 laps of his 25m garden with his walker in the hope of raising money for the NHS. He ambitiously set a target of £1,000 in a hope that friends and family would donate. However, it went viral. At the time of writing this post he has raised over £26 million and is now realising a song in the hope of making it to number 1 to raise yet even more money for the NATIONAL health service. To benefit the nation at a time of an international health pandemic.

I think more than ever I am now learning the need to distance myself from the negativity in life. Focus on enjoying the moment and letting go on the things I cannot control and focusing on the things I can.

I do not know how long this pandemic will last and what the world will look like when it reemerges from lockdown but I am grateful for my health and the lessons I am learning.