What if one impossible task of this moment is to learn to let go? … Let go of our misguided ways of focusing so much on the things that ultimately matter so little, and so little on the things that matter so much.

Loss has taught me that there is an even greater love than whatever it is we may have lost.

In our increasing stillness, there are moments of dropping into a deeper place within ourselves—and a hint of how we might wish to live when we emerge from COVID.

We help ourselves the most not by trying to overcome our fears, anxieties and insecurities. We help ourselves the most, in the words of Tara Brach, by practicing some radical acceptance—acceptance of the truth as we find it now and now and now.

I have a very long and intimate relationship with fear. Fear of rejection. Fear of ridicule. Fear of injury. Fear of change. Fear of divorce. Fear of death. Fear of missing out on my life—ironically, as a result of my many fears.

One small thing I have learned to be true—that helps me get out of tight spots like the one I just put myself into, and that is helping me navigate, just a little bit better, this difficult moment for our world—is that it helps to try every day, every moment you can, to listen to your instincts.

It is now so abundantly, dramatically clear— in that over-the-top, Greek tragedy kind of way—how much is beyond my control. Beyond our control. How appropriate it is to have more humility. To stop thinking we can three-step or five-step or ten-step our way to grand solutions to life’s great challenges. Time to accept how much bigger life is than us and put our focus on helping in the small but important ways we can. And focus on sharing our helping, healing moments—our moments of uplift—with others.