"The pandemic is giving you a chance to reinvent yourself"

When someone says to you, ‘Just be yourself’, it’s hard to respond to that, especially if you’re about to go to a job interview or about to do something in the public eye.
By Pastor Dave Gilpin
Published 29th May 2020, 13:42 BST
Updated 29th May 2020, 16:04 BST
This may be the time for new youThis may be the time for new you
This may be the time for new you

The thing about just being you is that you can’t ‘just be you’ on your own. Different friends pull out different facets of our personality and character that are each authentic and true, yet each facet is quite different to each of the other sides of us that exist within. Put them all together, and that’s us.

So being cooped up for months on end and only heavily interacting with just a small number of people can’t be right forever. Mothballing parts of you is ok, but at some stage the mothballs will give way to the moths and you’ll lose part of who you are.

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Not every side of us, however, is a side that we are currently happy with. They more reflect ‘yesterday’s you’, not the you that you are today. You may have finally quit the exhaustion of cynicism and allowed it to move aside to be a more positive and a more optimistic you.

The fact is that some of the people who brought out your cynical side may all be still around and may all be expecting the old you to still be intact. How could they not, when you’ve been that way for so long?

If they can’t accept the new you, it may be the right time to let them go it alone without you, and find some new friends that are eager to bring out the new, positive you that now defines who you are.

If you’ve found the strength to let go of a little bit of angst and bitterness over some people in your world, usually by seeing them as more thoughtless than vindictive, you will again find that those who liked the snide you will be a bit taken back by your quietness when certain names of certain people are mentioned.

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If the relationship can morph along with you, then good, but if not, a friendship review is surely in order.

If ever there was a time to do this it would be around now. Abruptly closing down relationships can cause a lot of problems. This crisis season has done a lot of the hard work for you. Under the radar of Corona, you’ve been given the power and space to reinvent (It’s not just true for friendships, but also for your personal finances and future direction).