Over 16 Million…
Over 16 million Americans have experienced job lost due to the COVID-19. Gainfully employed yesterday instantly unemployed today. Careers businesses and new opportunities that started as out as dreams shattered in the matter of weeks.
By trade, I’ve had the grim task being a regrettable witness of career endings as sales tank and jobs evaporate overnight as a result of revenue lost. I’ve witnessed local businesses desperate to remain open concede to growing shut downs. The uncertainty and anguish etched on the faces of those left jobless will forever leave an imprint in my mind that will last a lifetime.
But as the weeks roll as we encounter the unprecedented and enter our new normal, I continuously pray for those who been economically impacted. But I also find myself inspired by those who will take this season of reset as an opportunity to innovate and create new businesses, ignite new passions, and cultivate new skills and education. To take this time to no longer remain idle passengers but newly licensed drivers of their own destiny.
To Thrive.
My prayer for those feeling fearful is you find the strength today to isolate your fears and to craft a new vision for your future.
For those feeling hopeless I pray that you find determination and vigor that will allow you to accept new challenges and endurance for the road ahead with a renewed confidence that nothing is impossible.
To the heartbroken. My prayer is that your heart is carefully mended as you learn to seek joy again and take the time to recharge to love that surrounds you.
My prayer for the anxious is that anxiety flees from your mind as you receive renewed focus and steady yourself for life’s new journey and are reintroduce to purpose.
Let us all pray for one another as we lift each other through hope and love.
We all could use it right now.