{"id":103678,"date":"2021-02-10T12:17:01","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T17:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/?p=103678"},"modified":"2025-05-14T10:32:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T14:32:17","slug":"one-step-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/en\/one-step-at-a-time\/","title":{"rendered":"One Step At A Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2020 came and went, and I don\u2019t know about you but it was for sure a trying year for me. I don\u2019t want to say that it was bad, because it would be a lie. Beautiful things happened to me in 2020, but nonetheless, the struggle was real and still is in many aspects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We were all eagerly waiting for 2021 to get here because we all hoped that 2020 would leave and take away Covid-19 and so many of the hard things that happened, so that we could only focus on rebuilding ourselves\u2026 A month into 2021 and I don\u2019t think I\u2019m reaching much if I say that we are still hopeful but uncertainty is also very present.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We all have different ways of coping and this past year was for me the opportunity to tap more deeply into my spirituality. I am not really one to go to church, but I did find myself praying for the strength to keep moving forward, quite often these past few months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">When the world suddenly came to a standstill there\u2019s so much we had to confront. The sudden loss of liberty and probably the most important for me, the realization that now is really the only moment that we have. I have always tried to live my life with that thought in mind but nothing like a pandemic to set you straight again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The other thing I had to contend with, was the idea of loneliness. That one did a number on a lot of us really. Since March 2020, I have been able to spend some time with other fellow humans but solitude and loneliness have been the main theme of 2020 for me and if things don\u2019t change it feels like 2021 is heading the same way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">My mental health took a pretty big hit and I have been struggling with moments where I felt okay and moments of utter despair. I will never approve of it, but I got a better understanding of why people do stupid things sometimes when faced with the unknown. By definition, we don\u2019t know what tomorrow has in store for us, but the current situation adds another layer of uncertainty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At the beginning of 2020, right before things went ablaze, for the first time ever I made a vision board and made it a priority to work on my inner self. I didn\u2019t know how necessary this would become for me, only a few weeks later. I started reading a lot of self-improvement and self-care books, watched a lot of YouTube videos, listened to quite a few podcasts, joined online challenges&#8230; To cut a long story short, I went on a bit of a binging session trying to find THE solution to the anxiety-ridden and emotional mess I was and still am to a degree.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fast forward a year later, I\u2019m still a work in progress but the one thing that impacted me, is that you just have to believe. Be it, in yourself or in a higher power or energy that will help you push forward. No matter what you use to name what you believe in. We\u2019re made of star-stuff or made from God so ultimately believing in you or in them, amounts to the same.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The other important lesson I got is that we need to be gentle with ourselves. As it was so often repeated at the beginning of all this, we live in unprecedented times. It\u2019s normal to feel at a loss, anxious, angry or defeated at times. But like with anything in life, it shall pass eventually.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the words of wise Master Oogway: \u201cYesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery and today is a gift, that\u2019s why it\u2019s called the present\u201d. 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