I learned today that there are "night clubs" and fun places I can go while staying online and using Zoom. I learned that the barroom game of darts is being played online in growing numbers. There are plenty of people who feel unfairly penned in and want all regulations against groups, crowds and assemblies lifted. At the same time, this can be a natural time to brag about the extent you have complied with stay-home orders, face mask orders, glove orders. You may be a leading victim of cabin fever. This could be the optimum time to explain your frustration and tears.
Maybe one of the downsides of this staying home business is that it is hard to be outstanding. It doesn't hurt that much. It is true that we have deaths, genuine deaths, which is always attention getting. We can't see the enemy and we can decide, out of the blue, that we are bigger and stronger than any damned little bug.
https://fearfunandfiloz.blogspot.com/2019/07/right-now.html
This blog post "Right now" tells the story of a group of Americans who went to Korea to study advanced meditation. Making the trip and meditating long hours was quite challenging. But, learning that the monastery had a long tradition of staying awake for 24 hours straight for a week was really too much. No point in being stupid about it, right? The leader, Prof. Larry Rosenberg, talked things over with a very elderly monk who had completed the challenge many times. The elder advised the Americans that they could meet the challenge if they kept their attention on exactly what they were doing at the moment and avoided internal or mutual bellyaching. Take up knitting or dust the living room and pay attention to what you are doing. The time will creep by and it will all be over. Avoid asking Are we there yet? You can do it.
