Reimagined

You don’t have to wait for a crisis to reimagine things.

I attended almost no campouts or even meetings of my sons’ Scout troop until the pandemic. Part of it was that my Aces rehearsals exactly coincided with the troop meetings, and part of it was a busy schedule that left almost no weekends free that overlapped with the campouts.

During the first months of the pandemic, I took advantage of the hiatus to revise my rehearsal schedule so I could attend meetings. I took advantage of the lack of concerts and events to attend as many campouts as I could. I took used the crisis to reimagine my relationship with the troop.

When the world came back, things were sufficiently built into my life that I’ve been able to continue being involved – if not every campout, then at least most campouts and events.

The things is, we often don’t reimagine things until there is a crisis that allows us to step way back and think hard. And that’s not necessary. I could have changed my rehearsal pattern as soon as my eldest became serious about Scouting, and enjoyed several years of being more involved with him in something he loves.

All it would take is the willingness to step back and ask, “What’s possible? What can I reimagine?”

What seems impossible to you now that could be possible if you were willing to reimagine things?