This pandemic is forcing us to confront our mortality, our assumptions, what we value in life. The diminished availability of the typical diversions of sports, shopping and entertainment is making it more challenging to avoid that shift in focus. But that recalibration of our life isn't, by itself, a negative...especially if it leads us to better appreciate our friendships, the gifts of unexpected encounters, the magic of life-both what we see, and what we rarely see. Stay informed, but also take time daily to search out the beauty and wonder of our existence. Just because you can't see something right now, like the Hubble image, doesn't mean it's not there. Such encounters sustain and elevate us. Search them out…whether on an ‘exercise walk’ outdoors…or through on-line videos-make it a daily practice.
