A Mindful Moment

Eight or nine months into this pandemic, depending on where you live, and we seem to have returned yet again to the beginning. While it is shocking to see how the numbers are spiking around the world, it probably shouldn’t be. It’s a highly contagious virus that we still don’t fully understand and there’s no reason to believe that it’s going to stop spreading. There is good news, however. While we don’t know everything about it yet, we have learned a lot. And treatments hav

Regardless of political affiliation, I think most U.S. citizens are at least somewhat relieved to have the presidential election behind us. I realize that there are still legal challenges carrying on, but the consensus seems to be that we’re finally moving forward again. In thinking about what it means that about half the country disagrees with the other half, and in hearing repeatedly in the media how terribly divided we are, I at first felt sad that we’ve arrived at this p