You’re going to get through this.
I know you might not believe it. Especially when you hear this might last weeks or months. But you will get through this.
Think of times before when you were certain you wouldn’t make it. When you were at the breaking point, and you doubted your resilience. Childbirth. Losing a child. Divorce. Getting fired. Bankruptcy. Betrayal. Running a marathon. Death of a loved one. Foreclosure. Illness. Break-ups. Depression.
We’ve all been in the darkest trenches. Maybe you’ve spent several seasons there. But you overcame. It might not have been easy or pretty, but you made it.
And you will make it again. The prospect of hardship is often worse than the hardship itself. A month ago, I dreaded the thought of being trapped in my house for an extended period of time. And now that’s the reality. And it’s OK. It’s not awesome. It sucks most of the time. But it’s OK.
Someday we will be on the other side of this and will marvel at our strength. Hold tight to that vision and let it lead you through the dark days.
Often we suffer personal hardships alone or nearly alone. But this time, we’re alone but together. We’re all facing different versions of the same hardship. And we’ll all get through this together.
In the immortal words of Winnie the Pooh author A. A. Milne, “Always remember, you are braver than you believe, smarter than you seem, and stronger than you think.”
We got this, sisters.
