Community

It’s time to come together! If not physically with one another, then in proximity through interconnected spirit, thought, meditation and intention.  A time is upon us of great concern and marked with change and uncertainty. Please empower yourself with the knowledge that what you focus on expands. In this period of great transformation, isn’t it good to know, you can control what is collectively created.

As a doctor, I am very concerned about the mental and physical well-being of humanity.  The coronavirus is a real virus, but according to the epidemiological data, is no more lethal than influenza is each year in the elderly and immunocompromised. But forced isolation and more separateness goes against the inherent health built into the biology of the human race.  The already high incidence of depression and anxiety our culture was facing will only further skyrocket, and the risks of suicide and increased morbidity and mortality from the resulting negative effects on human physiology are real and concerning. 

So please, check in often on your loved ones.  Check in with friends and neighbors. At your own personal comfort level, please gather with those you love online or at a safe distance.  Include others that are isolated and wanting human contact – drive by their house and wave, leave flowers on their front porch – but engage! In my opinion, these acts alone will save innumerable lives in the end.

Community is always the key.

When things don’t add up in my logical brain, I can be sure that something is amiss.  I may not know what it is, but I do know that what is being presented to me as ‘fact’, is simply not the truth. I hold this in my heart now, and chose to focus on the good things that come of our own individual isolations and the halting of our very busy lives.

During this time, please remember the serenity prayer – 

Grant me the serenity 

To accept the things I cannot change,

The courage to change the things I can,

And the wisdom to know the difference.

I send you so much love.  Stay in the moment as best as you can.  Remember if you are feeling depressed and sad, your thoughts are anchored in the past.  If you are feeling anxious, your thoughts are anchored in the future. Live in the present moment. Set an intention each day to transform yourself and the world in a way that benefits all.

I encourage everyone to end each day with at least three things you are grateful for, that before this pause we are living in now, you would have taken for granted because focusing on the present moment was not a luxury you could indulge in.  

Lots of love,

Dr. Pam Shervanick