Last weekend I spent time around a lot of people and it was good for the soul. It made me feel amazing.
I spent last weekend working at a gun show just outside Dallas Texas. I’m out of work right now and my old boss called me and said he needed help for the weekend. So I went. Made a couple of bucks and found out that people are good for the soul.
Since Covid started back in March of this year my wife and I have not been “peopling” because we don’t need to be sick. At first, it was because we were not sure how bad the illness would be and projections looked bad. New York Times reported from the CDC that somewhere between 200,000 and 1.7 million people in America would die and as many as 21 million could require hospitalization. And I remember hearing over 3.5 million deaths somewhere.
When I looked at the 3.5 million people in America who could die, I was scared. That is 1 in every 100 Americans was going to die. I didn’t want it to be me or my family.
My wife and I decided that we where self quarantining. We haven’t been out with people since March 13, 2020, and it sucks…
We are both people persons and this hasn’t been easy. I thought I was doing fine and wasn’t having any problems with quarantine until I got around people.
I forgot how great it was just to be around a bunch of people. To feel their energy and feelings, to have a conversation with someone you don’t know, and meet new people. It was just good for the soul.
I know a bunch of people are still scared… I am too. I don’t want to get sick and I don’t want my family to get sick. I don’t want to end up in the hospital right now, because it sucks more than usual.
My mother ended up in the hospital in the middle of July before she died and it was horrible for everyone. My father and sisters couldn’t get in to see her. She had to be there alone almost the entire time.
My father and sister did bully / get some help and bullied their way in and were able to be there when she died, but a lot of people have not been that lucky. Now is not a good time to get sick and be in the hospital.
But, people are good for the soul. Everything in life is balance. Nothing is ever black and white the way we want it to be.
If you want something for your soul to heal, get back around other people.
Try to be as safe as you can, but find somewhere you can see and talk to other people where they aren’t scared. The grocery store didn’t do it for me.
Every time I’m in an “essential” business I can feel how scared people around me are. And that is not good for the soul. The covid parties are probably not a good idea, but you can find something.
Think about how you can be around other people that aren’t scared of dying and you can heal your soul and start living again.
Ben Branam