Pausing to shelter in place

Seeing the good with all of the sad and uncertain news being reported can be difficult.  During this time of sheltering in place, there is time for pausing to self reflect, pray, connect and work and live in new ways.  The real opportunity for us as the human race is to use this pause in the life we knew to absorb the benefits of sheltering, reducing consumption, being with family, cooking more home meals, walking our neighbors to the degree safe, being in solitude, catching up on movies, learning new skills, reducing car accidents from multi-tasking while driving, reading books,  playing board games, cleaning the closet, gardening, and finding new ways to live simply. The blessings abound in this new way of living. In the end when we start the big engine of productivity, I pray, hope and desire  that we retain the good that we have discovered, and sustain our planet by living in ways that recall this pause in the life we knew to shelter in place. #livingsimply