Finding Positive in the Storm
Despite only being just a few days into the new year, the nightmare of 2020 continues right into 2021. We would love to convince ourselves that going to sleep on New Years Eve, we could wakup and all would be back to normal or some new hope would arise as we slept. We've been swallowed up by a narrative that has focused on fear, division and hopelessness. It is easier to focus on the negative than to look for the good in a storm, especially when you are constantly reminded of how bad it is. But that is what I want to do, to push myself out of the quicksand and hang on to the hope for a better day, finding positive in the storm. The pandemic this year shut down schools and businesses and locked us all indoors. News filled us with fear of even going outside, leaving us confused about wearing a mask that would not protect us. We had friends who contracted the virus, some recovered quickly while others struggled to ...