caption: Today I rode down a beach trail that I would have normally taken for granted. As I rode down this path, I thought about my place in the unknown and what the silver linings have been. I have tried to find joy in the unexpected. Surprisingly, there's been a great deal of pleasure in the unplanned. Learning the difference between making a living and making a life has been enlightening. There's been conviction in conversations and niceties in getting to know my neighbors if only from the porch. I didn't think it would be possible but there has been solace without a schedule and clarity when days on a calendar couldn't be counted. There have been more subtle surprises in the slow down than any schedule I can recall. Before now, I was too busy to find beauty in a bike ride. As we anxiously anticipate for the path that we are on to resemble normality, I hope we don't forget what we have learned along the way.
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