Amid the fear and confusion that have inevitably come up during these times of collective crisis, we are also hearing about and seeing acts of kindness, beauty, compassion and healing that are restoring many peoples' faith in humanity. From all directions, we are shown examples--many each day--of our interdependence as we hear the refrain "We're all in this together.

Perhaps, on the other side of this collective initiation, we will emerge with a visceral, felt sense of the truth of these words. Maybe we'll wake up to the fact that the people we used to take for granted, or the ones we liked to think of as "less than" are, in fact, vitally important to the well-being of society. Will we value each other differently as a result of this unprecedented time? Will we value the planet differently? It's possible that we will collectively come to the awareness that first nations peoples across the planet have held for millennia: that we are all an expression of the one Great Spirit. We are all connected.

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