Re-learning something 'new'

Last week I wrote a post about the new things that many of us were having to learn as we get used to the new way of doing things as we attempt to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Whether it's learning to communicate on Zoom or how to film and edit a short film many of us are learning new skills that help us to keep in touch with each other - even in this time of lockdown.

Just one of the games we've been playing together

But I wonder whether we're also learning, or re-learning, some of the things that we've forgotten. I wonder whether during this time of enforced isolation and the removal of most of the things that kept us running from here to there all day long we'll remember some of the important things that we have forgotten.

We find ourselves with time on our hands - time to eat together, to pray together, to read, to phone a friend, to go for a walk, to check on that neighbour, to play games...

When this time of isolation ends, whether that be in weeks or months, we will have just as much time as we have now. There will still be 86,400 seconds in a day. The difference will be that we have the freedom to choose how we spend that time. 

When all of this is over do you want life to go back to 'normal'? Or are there things from the 'new normal' that you are appreciating and enjoying that you'd like to continue?