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@fiesty76

@virgo1952, I've considered myself pretty adaptable too because like you, I learned at an early age: "life can turn on a dime". I appreciate your thought provoking post. However, one friend seems very preoccupied and fearful anticipating the changes the new normal will bring for us all. While I focus on the here and now, it has been odd that there have been a few times since the isolation that I've had this impulse to just "jump in the car and go anywhere or to pick up a favorite carryout meal". I wonder how brave I'll be when the time comes to step back into the world at all. Don't dwell on it, but don't want to become Heloise the Hermit either. Smiles

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@fiesty76 hi. Thanks for weighing in. I know what you are saying about this ”discussion” piece, fiesty. Different people have responded in different ways. I appreciate everyone’s honesty and I feel a responsibility to respond to each person. If you are feeling it, thinking it, it is “your” reality and I respect that. I know I can only do my part in making the “new” normal successful. You aren’t the only one thinking about “oh, I’ll go pick up some fried rice to go with my thai food” thing, i know how to make fried rice, I just wanted the convenience this life has provided. I pulled out my old recipe box (still look online), blew off the dust and spent a few minutes looking through my recipes. I hadn’t expected to be flooded with the memories they brought to mind. I realized that I had not pulled that box out in years; Maybe I had lost a connection with myself and others; and this “box” represented something more than just recipes. I think it is good to be an adaptable person, and what I once thought as a negative in my life, has turned to my advantage. Who knew???