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What started as a brutal few months has spilled over into a couple of hard years. We kept our nose to the grindstone because we thought grit and determination would keep us on track. We haven’t experienced this much lack of control since our diaper days. We now know how it feels to be at the whim of a government that closes down the economy in the name of public safety, and at the same time, closes down our way of life.
We languished in the hope that our life would return to normal; we continued to push through our modern Dark Age to be among the first to see the light at the end of the tunnel. We’ve all felt our way through periods of darkness before, and we know that a sudden burst of light requires us to blink as we focus on what is before us. In the same way, our eyes, mind, and heart need time to adjust to our new reality as we emerge from the black hole of covid, economic upheaval, and changes in the marketplace.
The time in Europe’s history known as the Dark Ages lasted over a thousand years because people thought there was nothing more to learn. There was nothing new to invent so there was no more different thinking. The Dark Ages gave birth to the Renaissance, the re-birth of thinking, and the generation of new ideas.
