💚 If I’m happy and sad and angry all at the same time, that’s OK. 💚 If I’m absolutely desperate for some time alone, that’s OK. 💚 If I can’t be the parent I want to be at that precise moment in time, that’s OK. Mindfulness teaches us to meet things where they are to sit with yourself as you are, without judgment. I don’t know about you - but I can go through a whole range of emotions in one day, never mind a week. It doesn’t make the whole situation any less awful - but it does make it bearable.Īnd it’s not just my surroundings that I’m making do with either - it’s also my emotions. 🧵 Boy Child can’t see his pals, so we picked up his friend and walked them in the rain to get ice cream! 🧵 I can’t go visit my friends for lunch, so we’re becoming more creative with coffee in the park. 🧵 I can’t get outside some days cause the weather is rubbish, so I make do with ‘ hygge-ing’ my house.
🧵 I can’t get to the cinema, so we make do with movie nights and pizza. 🧵 I can’t get to the shops, so I make do with deliveries. 🧵 I can’t see my family, so I make do with Zoom. Making do with what I have and using it wisely feels like all I can do right now. Today, as Coronovirus takes a second grip around our lives, I find myself returning to the slogan to get me through the day. During World War Two they coined the phrase Make Do and Mend* to encourage housewives to be frugal by providing them with tips on how to use their rations wisely.
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