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Love Is in the Air.

by Svetlana Kogan, M.D.

he month of February always apartment – with no room for avoiding one another.
evokes the images of Valentine’s And this is how Nature forced us to stop and face each other.
T Day celebration. And what better Us – who have been living large and travelling around the globe.
time to ponder the concept of Love if not Us – who have been meeting hundreds of people and exploring
on Valentine’s? Well, it turns out that there careers and outside world offerings. actually, forgot to look in each
is a better time. And that time is now, other’s eyes in silence – and ask ourselves – “how do I actually feel
whenever you are reading this. Five years towards this person I promised to love?” Perhaps the words of
ago, the Covid pandemic shuffled our deck love were once uttered in a heat of passion. Or perhaps they were
of cards and put our living as usual on hold. solemnly enunciated in a ceremony watched by many. Suddenly
The husbands and wives in the pre-Covid the pandemic, and the ensuing work-from-home predicament had
world had a more or less established daily routine. There was the frozen the film on which your life was unfolding – and you had
work world and the home turf, and the brain had years to adjust nowhere to run – and you faced the question of love whether you
to living in both separately. We dressed for work and behaved liked it or hated it. What made my relationship work? Or perhaps,
according to the outside world’s expectations, while home was what has been lacking between us? For some it is patience. For
a place to relax, rest, cook, and unwind. We had essentially some, it is an ability to listen to the other person. Perhaps, it is an
outsourced our children’s upbringing to schools and after-school ability to find a compromise. Your partner is not a computer –
activities. you cannot turn him or her off if you dislike something. And, as
However, back in March of 2020 when the virus quarantines our daily consciousness becomes split into many pieces by emails,
started, this familiar routine became broken overnight. Spouses news, phone calls, and messages – where does our loved one fit into
found themselves “stuck” at home with their kids. The husbands our life? How can you maintain a family nucleus – a place you can
and wives were now in each other’s face from early morning call Home?
till late at night. If you speak to the local retirees – many of These are the beautiful poignant questions that Nature has dealt
them will tell you that they have already had a preview of this to all of us at one time or another, to make us understand that what
estrangement from spending so much time with one another, truly matters is found right here – in front of you. At Home. The
now that neither one had a job to go to. And you were lucky if other stuff (entertainment, work, hanging out with friends, etc.)
you lived in a home with many rooms which you could escape to, gets designated by Life as virtual and secondary. At some point,
looking for a moment of privacy and peace. In most of the large all your G-d given 5 senses are literally directed to focus on your
cities of the world, the couples got stuck together inside a tiny family at Home – so you would ask yourself about the meaning
of Love.
In this month of February, I hope that we get to feel grateful for
being somehow “stuck” with our loved ones. Because He is good
that does good. And Love is what He wants us to discover.

The author of ‘Diet Slave No More!’, Svetlana Kogan, M.D. is a Board-Certified Internal Medicine,
Holistic & Functional Medical Doctor with 25 years of experience.
Her website is CustomLongevity.com Office Phone: 239-676-6883
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