Time, Changes, and Lessons
Do you ever feel like a different person than a year ago, even a week ago? I feel like we have been changing so much, learning so much, since the start of the pandemic. Just think of people’s mindset and perspective back in March of last year—many thought quarantine would last a few weeks, a couple months at most. Here we are almost a year later, and we’ve struggled with the lingering isolation, adapted and changed. How crazy is it going to be when things return to some semblance of normalcy? Do we remember how to interact within large groups, how to mingle at unfamiliar gatherings, how to sit in traffic? There have to be so many implications that are still unknown to us. In a sense, time has become meaningless and perspective impossible to maintain. Are we noting the lessons we’re learning? Will we pass them on to those who come after? I sure as hell hope so, because this has been one crazy ride.