Even if you never took a physics class, and even if you hated science class in high school, you know, loosely, what is known as the Law of Gravity.
Stated in less scientific terms (you’re welcome), it says this: What goes up, must come down.
The inverse is true, though not in the physical world:
What goes down, will go back up.
When a hitter’s batting average drops while in a slump, it will likely go back up to its former level.
When you lose weight, all too often that weight comes back on (I’m sorry.).
It applies, in the big picture, to everything related to our current situation too. Things on many measures have dropped or gotten worse. And while we are mired in the current reality, it is hard to see what we know will happen.
Things will get better.
The stock market will recover. Businesses, in general, will reopen, spring is coming, and overall, the future still looks bright to those who look to the future.
This is also true on the micro, personal level. I know people who have tested positive (like you perhaps). And while there will undoubtedly be tragedies around you, the overwhelming majority of people will recover, and then have immunity.
I know people who have been furloughed or laid off, and while many will struggle in the short term (and if we can help, we should), long term employment levels will rebound.
You don’t have to believe in gravity for the ball you toss in the air to come back down. But the more you believe that what goes down will come back up, the faster it will happen.
We can acknowledge the current situation and still deal with it proactively.
I don’t know when people won’t have to shelter-in-place, but I know they won’t have to forever. I don’t know when schools will reopen, but I know they will.
Will everything be exactly like it was before? Maybe not – but some of the people lamenting that it will change were complaining about the way things were three weeks ago.
Will some things be better when we get through this? While I can’t tell you which things, I have no doubt that it is true.
If you remain focused entirely on the mess, you can’t see any of that.
Look up and you will see the sunrise. The earth is still rotating. The daffodils are still blossoming in my yard. People are moving heaven and earth to help others and move us forward, even during and despite the mess.
What goes down, will go up.
And how you see and think about both today and tomorrow will impact the speed of the rebound.
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