Life before and Now

Three years ago I was earning millions and dining in the finest restaurants and enjoying the worlds greatest cruises. 

Two years ago I was globe trotting the world passing through countries like they are a Mcdonalds drive thru. 

Last year COVID hit us all, the world shut down. I was trapped, surviving and just living not sure were life was taking me.

Today I am a bus driver, thanking the world that I am alive and I feel safe. Thankful I have a job. Cherishing each sunrise, and savoring each coffee I enjoy under its far reaching beams. Embracing the moments when I see the sun set on the mountain, creating a kaleidoscope of colors across its sparse ridge lines, silhouetted against the setting horizon. To walk outside and feel the icy rain drops on my shoulders. See the array of autum palettes drift from the over arching branches from above and scatter across our path.  Knowing I lived to see another beautiful day.

For those of us that survive COVID too see another day.  Should we not stop and say thank you for letting us remember the little things in life.

We are only as strong as each other, stop and embrace what we have.  Do not think about what could of been. Let’s of dream of what can be, let’s make our world a better place, we are alive.