Milestones big and small continue to pass. I was able to shower myself for the first time since my ankle injury. In other news, today marks the official start of summer in the Northern Hemisphere with the coming of the Summer Solstice.

I feel a change of season is always meaningful. It’s literally the dawn of a new set of environmental conditions. To that regard, may this momentous day signify a change in our societal environment as well.

May we be slower to judge. May we be faster to cooperate. May we listen to each other and thus validate each other with open ears and open hearts. May we revert to evidence and reason in uncertainty. May we recognize our common fragility and our common strength. May the summer of 2020 be a turning of the page.

We are diverse, but we are one. We are in unprecedented times, let us act in unprecedented, multilateral fashion. If we come together to strive for universal progress and humanism, there is nothing we cannot accomplish. Let’s make 2020 look even crazier upon future reflection because of how we united and overcame our obstacles. The future is ours to create. What kind of summer do we want for our children?