Reflecting on who we are in a time of uncertainty

Abraham Villarreal
3 min readMar 27, 2020

Maybe we were moving too fast. We were in such a hurry that we forgot to pay attention to the things in life we know are the most important. Our health, our family, the quiet moments. They were on the back burner for too long. Making money, working, being in the office. We had a little too much of these kinds of things.

And now, life seems a little upside down. We’re told to slow down, to stay inside. We should only be around those that we love the most, and stay away from others, at least for now. It makes us uncomfortable to be told what to do. We are Americans and we are free. We say it all the time as a way of telling ourselves that we are different, but today no matter where you live or where you come from, somehow, we are all the same.

Maybe it’s Earth, or maybe it’s God, but someone or something is telling us to center ourselves, to get life back in balance. We were going too far in one direction, looking at only where we wanted to go. We ignored others that sounded different or told us things we didn’t want to hear. Now, we are all hearing the same thing.

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Abraham Villarreal

People are interesting. I write about them and what makes them interesting.