Create Intimacy in Isolation

#Create Intimacy in Isolation

As I was standing in line at the grocery store, I read the title of the new TIME magazine on the shelf beside me. It read “Generation Pandemic: A Global Crisis Changed Their Lives. How They Respond Will Change the World.” It pictured a 20 something boy and girl on a living room couch. The boy lounging on the couch fully engaged on his computer, while the girl sitting at the opposite end look depressed and hopeless. The subliminal.. yet direct message on the front of this issue of TIME hit me hard.

It is TIME for us to create true Intimacy in this Isolation we are all experiencing together during the pandemic. Everyone is experiencing this. You’re not alone. Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines intimacy as: 1) the state of being intimate 2) something of a personal or private nature. Intimacy is so much more than just the physical. It is love, family, friendship, partnership, self-care, being part of a supportive community, it is UNITY. Intimacy is the authentic relationship that you work on building every day with yourself, with others- your family, partner, friends, colleagues and the relationship that you have with God & the Universe. This intimacy is sacred. Let us start viewing intimacy as the new currency. May we begin to see its priceless value and worth that it gifts us to be able to connect, support, and genuinely love one another. The isolation that quarantine has brought us- physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually has shaken us to our core. It has awaken us.

Do not let the isolation that you feel make you depressed, anxious, and fearful. Allow it to do the complete opposite and awaken your mind, body, and soul to see what is truly important in life. Pick up the phone and call a friend or family member you haven’t spoken to in a while to just check on them. Ask them how they’re doing. Give them the gift of silence. Let them be open and vulnerable with you. Work on creating intimacy in your daily life. Talk about how you really feel with the people you love and care about. If you are hurting… let them know. Talk it through. Work on your relationships. This is all we have. Fight for the love that you want and deserve. Don’t settle for anything less. Allow intimacy to change YOU and your relationships, by allowing you to let go of fear and be brutally open, honest, raw & REAL with the people you care about.

Do something every day for yourself that allows you to incorporate more Intimacy in your life. Make self-care a priority, a non-negotiable. You need to refuel your fire, so that you can help take care of others. Do whatever it is that you enjoy & our passionate about! Whatever helps you refresh, refuel, and re-energize…do those things. Pray, meditate, journal, exercise, cook, make love, go for a walk, call a friend.

Utilize your quarantine time wisely. Discover your true passion & purpose. What gifts & talents do you have that you can start using every day to help lift up, support, and love others. Take ACTION & allow LOVE to create the intimacy that you so deeply desire and have been lacking in your life. The TIME is NOW. Let your authentic LOVE & Intimacy burn like a flame. Let it be so bright that others will catch the flame. Let it reach you on such a deep level… that it changes you- physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. This will grant you the strength to re-connect to your most authentic self & to transform the current relationships in your life. My prayer is that the INTIMACY that we begin to Invoke into our daily lives will begin to bring forth the healing that we all so desperately need. To heal individually & collectively. Keep moving forward in LOVE. The world needs you.

Love, Heather