I am excited to be writing my first post on the #ladiesofhive community at long last. It is lovely to be here.
As humans we are prone to experience a multitude of emotions ranging from joy and happiness to sadness and despondency. Feelings go up and down like a yo yo coming and going quickly without warning as our minds process the incoming information. It is a tough challenge to change one moment from ecstatic happiness to dismay and letdown the next moment. But the reality is that it happens to us all, no-one is exempt. The worse part is having no control over the decision making, like when a government decides to go into covid lockdown just before a planned celebration or funeral is to take place.
Disappointment is an intense upsetting feeling associated with cancellations. How long you experience this emotion and how far you go down in your 'pitty pit' is completely personal for each individual? We all process emotions differently and I must admit when a lot of joyful expectations and preparation abruptly stop, it is understanding to feel sad. It could be described as a passage of right for mere humans.
How everyone perceives is individual, but it makes perfect sense for our own well being to move to the stages of understanding and acceptance. It can be likened to letting go, realising that there will be another time for a celebration and that saying goodbye to a loved one can be done personally. It is up to your own personal perceptions, for some it might take a little while and others may dwell in the gloom of disappointment for a longer while. Experiencing feelings of anger and angst is very common.
I had to move from disappointment to understanding and acceptance today, I confess that it was not instant. My unexpected head cold has stopped me from visiting my daughter and going with her to pick up her wedding dress. The new now in this world is that no-one goes outside if sick even when wearing a mask. And I definitely did not want to infect my daughter with a cold as the wedding date is very close. Already her guest list has been halved due to lockdowns in a few States in Australia. But these are very unusual times and really we just have to run with them as well as we can or else we would all be in a state of sad despondency all the time.
Acceptance and understanding comes with new creative flexible ideas accompanied with hope and positiveness. A very good reason to move on I think!
