Accentuate the Positive

We have entered the last month of this very challenging year.  It can be difficult to focus on the blessings that 2020 brought.  With all the sickness and death, loss of jobs and income, virtual school, isolation, quarantine, disturbing politics, police brutality, racism and total lack of consideration for mankind, focusing on the positive may take a little more effort.  If you havent had COVID or have had it and survived, that's a positive. This pandemic has tested us in ways we have never thought possible.  Who would have thought that we would have ever been confronted with the censorship of human touch?  The universal non-verbal language, a smile, is now limited to our imagination.  And the very process that brings us comfort, hugs, is restricted to our household.   Social is what separates from all other living creatures. I never imagined that physical contact would one day be controlled. I have friends and family whom I saw monthly prior to the pandemic, whom I have not seen all year. However, I have learned to Zoom, face time and virtually chat. I am now active on facebook and twitter, imagine that. Life as we knew it before 2020 may never be the same. However, 2020 will leave us with a new found appreciation for the things we value most and will shape our attitudes, influence our behavior and direct our future  choices. Be mindful, be deliberate and accentuate the positive!