Perspective
In the earliest of hours this morning, I was awake and tossing and turning in bed. I felt a wave of panic overhwelm me, thinking about covid and isolation and quarantine and the ever-threatened in-person learning vs. being shut down again and sent home.....I reached for God in prayer, like a child drowning in a pool. I reached for God and said, Lord, take this fear and dispair and panic from me. Remove it from my body and my mind and let me instead trust you... Before the prayer was done I was sleeping again. I woke up to the news of the latest racially-toned shooting, and the Ginsburg funeral, and the concern over the drought and worry for the farmers...and wondering which checks I can write today vs. which ones have to wait for another paycheck..... And then I drove down the road to bring something to Claire at the apartment. And I noticed. I noticed that the trees are even more beautiful today than they were yesterday. Overnight a deeper and richer shade of gold and red an