I have been working from home for more than two weeks now, cocooned in my apartment. Meanwhile, the coronavirus pandemic continues sweeping the globe, and the transition from normal life has been a hard and sudden transition. I vacillate between managing this new normal and feeling completely overwhelmed. How about you — how are you holding up?
While acknowledging that some days are darker than others, today, this is what I am grateful for:
- Spring, arriving as joyously as ever
- The continued health of myself and my family
- Kind strangers
- Living in an age when technology connects us
- A vibrant artist community
- Teachers, parents, and healthcare professionals
- Art supplies
- This timely excerpt from Alexander Pope’s An Essay on Man:
Hope springs eternal in the human breast:
Man never is, but always to be blest:
The soul, uneasy and confin’d from home,
Rests and expatiates in a life to come.
Take care of yourself.