Stage 3 of the province’s reopening plan is now in effect.\u00a0 We get to eat INSIDE the restaurant now.\u00a0 At tables, with people, and ambience.\u00a0 (smile)\u00a0 We can go to the gym and work off those extra pandemic pounds which never want to go away completely no matter how hard I try.\u00a0 \u00a0We can go to movies again and sit in a theatre with other people, and whisper “keep it down” when the good part of the movie comes on.\u00a0 We can go to concerts, and theatres and do things again we used to love to do.<\/p>\n
Weird isn’t it?<\/p>\n
Anybody else feel like it’s a test, and you’re wondering if we’re all just being punked and somebody somewhere is going to pull back a curtain on Monday and say “Gotcha!\u00a0 Not yet.\u00a0 Go back to lockdown.\u00a0 I’m just messing with you. ”\u00a0 Anybody else almost AFRAID to jump back in and feel excited about the reopening for fear it won’t last?<\/p>\n
I’m kinda on the fence right now.\u00a0 I’m kinda waiting to see what happens before I embrace the freedom of doing fun things again.\u00a0 I’ve got a gift certificate for a facial I can’t wait to use.\u00a0 I’ve got plans for a haircut and style, ready for big change.\u00a0 These eyebrows need to be tamed.<\/p>\n
I’m ready.\u00a0 But I’m not.<\/p>\n
Today’s feel good Friday is all about kindness.\u00a0 I hope kindness comes back.\u00a0 \u00a0I hope the reopening helps people find their joy again.\u00a0 Less anxiousness.\u00a0 More kindness.<\/p>\n
I wonder if when we talk about kindness, we remember to treat ourselves with the same kindness we are encouraged to show to others.\u00a0 Because I don’t know about you, but I can be my own worst enemy.\u00a0 I can be a real bully.\u00a0 I can look in the mirror and say things to myself I wouldn’t say to anybody<\/em> else.<\/p>\n I think I’m a kind person, but not always to myself.\u00a0 I save the ugly things for me, and I’m not sure why.\u00a0 We need to remember to treat ourselves the way we treat others.\u00a0 How do you talk to your kids, or your best friend?\u00a0 Would you cut them down the way you cut yourself down?\u00a0 Would you call them stupid, fat, ugly, lazy?\u00a0 I’ve used those words on myself.\u00a0 More than I’d like to admit.\u00a0 I’ve probably used them in the last week.\u00a0 Even days.<\/p>\n We’ve been through a LOT in the last year and a half, and I think in a lot of ways it’s changed us.\u00a0 Some ways good, some ways bad.<\/p>\n As we start to get out there again, and do those things we used to love to do, and we’re dealing with others – remember kindness.\u00a0 Sprinkle it wherever you go, and make sure you sprinkle it on yourself.\u00a0 Spreading kindness not only helps those around us, but it also can impact your own mood, self-esteem, happiness and reduce your STRESS!<\/p>\n Be kind.\u00a0 To others and yourself.<\/p>\n Here’s to stage 3.\u00a0 \u00a0And all that comes with it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stage 3 of the province’s reopening plan is now in effect.\u00a0 We get to eat INSIDE the restaurant now.\u00a0 At tables, with people, and ambience.\u00a0 (smile)\u00a0 We can go to the gym and work off those extra pandemic pounds which never want to go away completely no matter how hard I try.\u00a0 \u00a0We can go","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":15419,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afternoons"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-09 22:20:41","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/foxfm.com\/blogs\/afternoons\/2021\/07\/the-view-from-here-stage-3-hesitation-and-kindness\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15420,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15418\/revisions\/15420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}