As the weeks go by, more and more people have started to feel frustrated. When friends come to me to seek comfort, it’s hard to know what to say to them anymore.
The desire of so many people to want to ‘going back’ to normal, to go back to normal life, to go back to their jobs, is what I keep hearing. Back is not a word that we should be using, forward is the word we should replace it with.
I believe we need to walk forward knowing that something greater than us is governing our lives, no matter what you see in this present moment, no matter how difficult it is. God is not logical. Life is not logical. We need to give up the reason to know why things are happening the way they are and somehow have faith, that higher powers are working for the good. Stop asking why God did this. Human nature always wants to believe in logic and reason. Life is not organised around us and our needs, the nature of God is miraculous and mysterious and sometimes it cannot be explained. Lets give up the need to want to go back to ‘normal life’. Let’s not look to old waters to charter new territory.
We have an opportunity to stop and start over. It may have not come in the way we want it, but nevertheless it’s here. But if you look through history the way it came before, was through wars. The world is going to start all over again and we have the opportunity to make it a more humane place. We need healthcare for everyone. We need people to come first. We don’t get to that place without crushing transformation such as the one we are living now.
Please never ever underestimate the power of prayer and the power of hope. Pray as though you are crazy, pray as if you believe in miracles.
* The author is a consultant and coach. Instagram handle: @miss_shefa, Website: missshefa.com
Shefa Ali
