It's been a while since I have written anything with meaning. Even when you are inside for the most of the day, it is surprising just how fast the day can pass. I woke up this morning and for the first time it hit me that the "not normal" has actually begun to feel normal. Routines are different but established, and I have completely lost the yearning to go and run and tell another what I am doing becuase I realize that this new normal doesn't include running over to someone's house to physically give them hug. But instead I'm left with a golden ray and a signal of a new day when I open the front door blinds and water the plant and sit or stand next to the counter with my headphones in ready to begin a day of virtual voices. Not the same. But it feels the same. Almost right  because I have gotten used to the new normal. Almost right.

The other day I sat down by the piano on a virtual call with one of my TEDx students who wrote a song and is now working on the tune. When she opened her mouth to sing her words I just couldn't believe what I had heard. It was pure joy. Just like that golden ray that passes through the window and lands softly on top of my cup of coffee when I arise in the morning ready to teach. When she opened her mouth to sing all I could think about what this talent that until now-had been left undiscovered. If anything during this not normal time that has somehow turned normal I hope you realize how special you are, that the gifts you have been blessed with aren't by accident and I pray that you have more time to realize the talents that you have and how you can use them to create drops of sun on golden coffee cups. Embrace the renewed you.