This weekend is about hope. It’s about acknowledging that sometimes problems seem REALLY huge, but there will be a better future than we can even imagine.
This year, we all imagine a future where we return to crowded public spaces or the promise of a hug from someone outside our quarantine buddies, but we don’t yet see our path to that happening safely, and we don’t yet know what other good things could result from the societal shifts that are taking place. (Better care for the earth? Universal health care in the US? People spending more time with family? We’ll see.)
Both Passover and Easter are about being open to things being solved in a way that we never could have imagined and realizing that it is a way better solution. A world-changing solution.
Like, seriously. Not one of the disciples was hiding out thinking, “you know what would help? Jesus raising himself up from the dead.” No, we imagine all sorts of other solutions that seem to make sense. We may even start to work toward a few. And then something WAY BETTER surprises us and we never even knew it was an option.
Example: I was needing extra income in my business a few years ago and got on a plane thinking about that. When the plane landed, I had a voicemail from an acquaintance who I didn’t even know was leading an organization. “We have this contract for some upcoming work and I’m not sure why I but thought of you. Would you have time?” Yes. A solution out of left field that I never would have been able to imagine or pursue because I didn’t even know about it, but it was a perfect solution to my immediate problem.
Right now, there are all sorts of new challenges. Be open to unexpected solutions as you “solve” how to structure your day in quarantine, how to flex your creative muscles, how to connect with people, and anything else that comes up.
Because the unexpected solutions are often the better answers, we just have to be open to them.
When have you been surprised by a great solution you never could have imagined?