INCUBATION IN SOCIAL UNREST

On March 17, 2020, I was informed that I would work from home, along with my entire staff and many of the workforces across my state. Amid the crisis that will forever go down in history as a worldwide pandemic called COVID 19. There is so much in the aforementioned statements that point to expectations, stress levels, and separation anxiety. Let's take a look at what has transpired during these past 90 days.

Let's reflect. I work in a job that has an option to work from home under certain conditions of advancement and work level. I actually expressed among my close friends and family that "It would be great if I could work from home". Lesson 1 starts here: The power of the tongue is immeasurable. I did not in my declaration say what condition or circumstance my desire to work from home would entail. So, ask and you shall receive. The Corona Virus took its toll on the world and the pandemic sent legions of Americans home in various conditions. Some lost their jobs. Others were furloughed until further notice. There were also many of us whose work, although not specifically essential, was imperative to the survival mode of the masses. So, I was slated to work from home. This turned out to be a blessing and a curse in several ways.

Obviously, I had somehow gotten the desire that I asked for to "work from home". But "great" was not really what I experienced. Okay, now it was great in the respect that it allowed me to reflect. But, the not so great came in when I realized that moving about, as usual, was a thing of the past. We were in a pandemic. Then there is what the media refers to as accusations and misjudgment of the ones that are appointed to protect and serve, using that authority to violate brothers and sisters who look like me. The disparity of unfairness is nothing less than blatant. We find ourselves in 21st Century America vanquishing the legacy of Harriett Tubman, Frederick Douglas, Medgar Evers, Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King, Jr. As we still fight the battle against "systemic racism". I can't see how any of us can navigate this course, while the Broadcast Media and Social Media is inundated on all fronts with this mayhem.

Before I could start this blog post, I was at a loss for how I could really get any of this out. While I reach back to the topic of "Work from Home", quarantine, and social distancing. From the beginning, I realized that the "Creator of All that Is", I call Him God, has channels to navigate his creation. Those channels are often riddled with hardship and battles of all sorts. But, we know, without dirt there are no beautiful flowers. So, as I internalized where I was and what I could draw from it, my personal development became a priority.

I strive to become a better version of myself in all areas. My talents and gifts are what they are. Yet, until they are coupled with purpose, the full measure of the gift cannot be revealed. I recognize the amount of noise I don't need to here. That means a lot of rhetoric about things that are better left unsaid. The real news and fake news needs a vacation spot. Getting to know who you are, recognizing the treasure that God has buried in you, and giving it out to the world is really necessary. Be encouraged and keep going, no matter what.