Many of us
will be trying to navigate the forever changing landscape of the covid storm. With
so many changes occurring along with the constant reminder of negative daily
news it’s not surprising to know that there are more and more people suffering
with anxiety related illnesses.
I’m reminded
of a story that I feel will help you navigate the storm. It’s a story about a
father and son. They were coming home from a meeting one night. And the father
feeling a little worse for wear let his son drive home. While he was driving
home a bad storm broke out.
The son
being a new driver got a little scared, he looked at his father and asked if he
should pull over. Just keep on driving replied the father, so the son kept on
driving. The storm got worse and again the son looked at his father and asked
if he should pull over. And again, his father replied just keep on driving son.
Now the storm
got so bad that the son could barely see what was in front of him. Other cars, vans
and trucks started pulling over because of the intensity of the storm. Now the
son looked over to his father with fear in his eyes and the father’s response again
was to keep on driving. Eventually, they made it through the storm. The father
turned to his son and said “Okay son now you can pull over.”
Surprised
the son asked his father why only now was he happy to pull over. The father
turned to his son and said “Get out of the car, turn around and look back and
tell me what you see.” “I see the storm” his son replied. “No son tell me what
else you see.” I don’t get it.” Replied his son. “Where are all the cars, vans
and trucks that pulled over in the storm?” “They’re still in the storm.”
“That’s it
son. You see when you pull over you make the storm last longer. But if you just
keep on going, keep believing that it’s possible then you’ll make it through
the storm.” Out of the storm always comes light. Sometimes you just need to
be patient and ride out the storm.
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