Forget the day’s challenges, remember the blessings.

To be honest, this month’s mantra has been a challenge for me when every day seems as if we

are careening toward a precipice from which the world we know will forever be changed. On

top of the world feeling off kilter, there is the daily challenge of managing a life with my mental

health issues. When I am overwhelmed by it all, it is all I can do to not curl up into a fetal

position and hide from the world. It’s at the bleakest moment that something will gently

remind me of all that is still good in the world and in my life. I wish I could list all of the little

moments that serve as a reminder of the world’s goodness and people’s innate humanity. All I

can say is that each of you finds those moments of grace in a world that feels far removed from

the grace of the goodness that is in all of us.