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A non- anxious presence

A non-anxious presence. Someone once said that life is what happens to you when you plan something else.   This has never been more true!     We all feel anxious at this time of uncertainty.    It is very natural as individuals and families but also for employers, anyone working in the NHS and of course the Government.   It is unavoidable, but how can we live with it in a way that is healthy ?    Here is just one idea…we may look at others over the coming weeks. A few days ago I heard this definition of anxiety in a talk:   Anxiety is grasping for control of what we do not have in the future. .    I think we can be rightfully concerned, and especially NHS staff coming into work and not knowing if the right equipment will be there have every right to be concerned.   But to be anxious leaves us feeling depleted and powerless and achieves nothing in itself.   We need to do all we can do but if there’s no further action we can take then what’s next? I’ll run the full quote

Our beautiful world.

                                                        Our beautiful world As we still come to terms with the rapid changes of this last week, amidst all the genuine fear and deep uncertainties I have also glimpsed a little more of just how beautiful our world is.   I am not referring here to the natural world but to the world that humanity has dreamed of, invented, developed and maintained over the last half a century particularly.    Many years ago I was visiting a friend near Heathrow airport and noticed that every 1 minute exactly a plane (usually a 747) would descend one of the flight paths.   It got me thinking of the amazingly intricate and sophisticated system that coordinated these planes coming from all over the world (and the engineering to keep them in the air!) and to allow them to land and take off so precisely.   The ingenuity of humanity is truly an incredible thing.   This was long before concerns about global warming of course but I just want to use it to ill