COVID – 19 certainly has forced upon us changes that were not needed to be considered just over six months ago. So what does it really mean for us all? That answer is not as simple as it might appear to present. In fact, the answer is so personal it can only be addressed according to one’s own situation. I reflect with respect to a famous quote from an extraordinary man who wrote: “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”― Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning
What did Frankl mean by “change ourselves”? He further quoted “Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognise that it is he who is asked. In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.” When I read this quote, it bears a confronting responsibility that I must take up my fears and own them as my own. How then do we own our fears of uncertainty without further retribution in the face of reality?
Sometimes it is ok to ask another for help. It is ok to allow another to acknowledge your fears and its ok that they are real in your world right now. It is ok to admit that right now something is not feeling right or good.
Sitting down with another in those moments for me is a privilege and well respected in many ways because I know it takes courage to ask for help in an uncertain moment.
I reflect again as I write and am reminded of another quote by Viktor Frankl; “Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him. By his love he is enabled to see the essential traits and features in the beloved person; and even more, he sees that which is potential in him, which is not yet actualized but yet ought to be actualized. Furthermore, by his love, the loving person enables the beloved person to actualize these potentialities. By making him aware of what he can be and of what he should become, he makes these potentialities come true.” ― Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning.
Please ensure you take up the offer of a free 30-minute session I am offering. You are not obligated to continue further counselling. Sometimes all you need is to hear the reassuring voice of another.
I continue to conduct all my counselling sessions by phone with the same presentation as if you were sitting in my room.
Take care and be safe and do not forget to reach out.
Vittoria
I Am Counselling
Contact: 0447 555 043
