I was in Bolivia in 2019 when the presidential elections took a turn for the worst and the nation erupted into chaos. Protesters passed by my window every night and I could hear distant echos of dynamite throughout the late hours. We were put into a lockdown before COVID-19 took center stage a few months later…leading to many more months of lockdown.
To say that was a scary year is an understatement. Being stuck in a foreign country during a political upheaval followed by months of COVID lockdowns was less than ideal, but through it all, I just meditated on four words: "This too shall pass."
This phrase gets thrown around a lot, I know. But it really helps me see that in the grand scheme of things, every moment is going to pass and no situation (no matter how good or how bad) is here to stay forever.
I hope this brings encouragement to you if you're going through some hard times at the moment. Keep pushing through, one day at a time. Things will get better.
by ellierwrites