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A couple of years ago, as I was wandering through a little shop in Oxford, I came upon these mugs. Keep Calm and Carry On—a slogan put out to the public in England in 1939 just before the war came on in angry fury. Delighted to bring my team members a fun token from the UK, I didn’t even know what was going to be required of us during 2020 and 2021.
Isn’t that the need of life in this world at this time. Another week is upon us that promises to be filled with some global drama and another week of the pandemic. Siggggghhhhhh! Many stresses and demands face us as women every day. Needs arise and require our immediate attention, someone needs our love, our time, our help. And yet, I do have to say, I love women. They seem particularly equipped by God to be great lovers, devoted friends, makers of beauty, civilizers of chaos, spiritually grounded and intellectually brilliant.
That is the capacity of women, to be capable, courageous, kind in so very many ways.
Life has of course been wearisome for all of us. Many of you are emotionally dry and exhausted in your spirit. But you are my heroes. You are the ones who hold life and hope together.
Yet, as I talk to so many and have received so many messages, I do see beauty in the way so many are striving to live forward into their best selves for the sake of others, even though sometimes we can only be strong one day at a time.
Keep calm and carry on, my friends.
Your perseverance and gracious endurance is building a legacy in the hearts and minds of those around you.
Sleep a little later this week, eat off of paper plates, eat cereal for dinner, steal a bit of dark, salted almond chocolate (my favorite—unless it is salted caramel! :)), go for long walks or dance to lively music all around your house. But do take care of your selves. I wish I could have each of you for a mug of cheer and a bit of tea with it.
I hope my podcast will encourage you today as I talk about learning to Own Life, even through seasons of draught.
I send my love and prayers your way.
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