Spiritual Fitness

I have kind of fallen behind my blogging schedule a bit as it has been an incredibly busy week for me against the backdrop of a gripping US presidential election, which kicked off on the 3rd of November 2020. Joe Biden finally prevailed against Trump to the relief of many. But as expected, we now have to deal with a supposedly outgoing president who is unwilling to concede and has been stirring up unsubstantiated accusations of voter fraud.

We all expected this. Just that we don't know how it will play out. To non-US citizens like us, this is the only time that we don't envy being Americans: the pandemic is raging there unchecked; Trump is rallying his diehard supporters and they could create trouble in the streets.

Here in Malaysia, the lockdown in the Klang Valley has been extended again to 6 December. It makes no difference to me now as I am completely home-bound. So much soul-searching to do for everyone and for every business big and small out there who have been severely tested.

I am still trying to make my days more efficient--ensuring that I get enough sleep and making sure that I am able to do all my essential life and spiritual maintenance activities. This blogging routine is one of them. And in the past week, I've slipped slightly. Hopefully, I'll be able to pick it up again. 

The only thing that I have not had the opportunity to do much is listening to my audiobooks as I have not been driving much. I only make runs to the grocery store on weekends. Weekends are very precious now. Yesterday I was able to jog in the park and had the opportunity to listen to my audiobook in the process. 

It is interesting to see how life is going to be when the pandemic finally ceases. There's already good news on the horizon, with Pfizer announcing a vaccine that's 90 percent effective. But the logistics of distribution is going to prevent this from being available widely for a while as it requires sub-zero refrigeration. 

Perhaps the pandemic has taught us to value life a lot more. Perhaps something good will come out of all this. As a glimmer of hope appears, let's all make a resolve to do better in the days and months to come. I will continue with my routine of working from home for a while as this is my present commitment. This stint of lockdown is good training for the soul. And hopefully we'll all emerge from it spiritually fitter.