The term “homework” is commonly associated with being a student. It’s the leftovers of the day’s learning that still remain to be pondered, internalized, completed.
Perhaps one of the greatest victories of high school or university graduation is being able to say — “No more homework!”
What a humorous coincidence it is that, now, everybody has homework. We all have an overwhelming proverbial stack of learning tasks before us. Learning how to work from home. Learning how to teach remotely. For many families, learning how to balance work from home with schooling children at home. Learning how to live with spouses, siblings, children, parents 24/7 in the same space without losing it on each other.
Life has stopped.
But we haven’t stopped learning.
We haven’t stopped living.
On the contrary, I find there are daily opportunities to live more alive than I was living before…
Learning to have conversations where silence used to be preferred.
Learning to acknowledge rather than ignore.
Learning to repurpose, rediscover, refresh, redeem, reinvent, reconcile — time, hobbies, homes, space, relationships.
Learning to be content.
Learning to take a step back from consumerism.
Learning to see the blessings and mercies in what could be viewed as curses and torture.
Learning to be still.
Learning how to sit in quietness and the darkening glow of evening to watch the sun set.
You know. I think that is what I’m going to do now.
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