I remember when they first advised everyone to shelter in place… said it might be a few months… nobody really knew. Now, I’m watching as they’re loosening up the restrictions… telling us we did a good job so far… and to keep being careful when going out. In both, those seemed difficult at first… until we got used to it and then it got easy (or easier). Even with a debate about who’s right or wrong, whatever we start doing (in this or anything else in life), it takes time to get used to change, to something new, to feeling your way and getting comfortable. Leaders need to ease us into life’s changes, explaining what and why and how, guiding us and resolving the questions and conflicts that naturally occur. This is no different. Because none of us have been in a pandemic before, or sheltered in place, or started to reopen; it’s going to be confusing and seem difficult at first. Leaders, like parents, should guide us to a place and time when it gets easier. It won’t happen on its own, and we won’t get there easily. But we will get there, and it will get easier. Keep at it today.
Thomas Fuller (1608 – 1661): English churchman, writer and historian
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