Adjusting to a New Normal

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My Daily Musings-June 1st, 2026

When the world changed in early 2020 because of Covid, everyone had to adjust to a new normal. Life suddenly looked different, harder, and uncertain. But when my health began changing about 4 1/2 years ago with symptoms of chronic illness and autoimmune disease, I found myself adjusting to a different kind of new normal—one that wasn’t shared by the whole world, but deeply personal to me.

At first, it was incredibly hard to accept the debilitating fatigue and the many symptoms that changed my everyday life. Even now, after years of doctor appointments, few answers, and medications that haven’t helped much, I still find myself adjusting every single day. Chronic illness teaches you that you often don’t know how you’ll feel when you wake up in the morning. How do you plan for life when every day feels uncertain? How do you keep going when there are no easy answers?

For me, the answer has been faith. I keep going because I believe there is always hope around the corner. Even on the hardest days, there is hope for tomorrow. And even if tomorrow isn’t easier, there is still hope in knowing I am not walking through it alone.

This journey has also taught me gratitude in a deeper way. No matter how difficult the day has been, there is always something to be thankful for. Sometimes it is something small, but it still matters. And prayer has become more precious to me than ever before. There are days when talking to my Heavenly Father is the very thing that carries me through.

Maybe we all have “new normals” in life that we never expected. But perhaps faith, hope, gratitude, and prayer are what help us keep adjusting, one day at a time.