– Paulo Coelho
I know many, many people who feel like this past year was extraordinarily difficult, and can’t wait for it to be over. I’ve had a number of conversations with various individuals about this, and some key themes have emerged. It seems like a whole lot of us were being taught to let go of illusions regarding how much control we have over how things unfold. The more we held tight to whatever we thought had to happen, the more difficult things got. I think sometimes, the Universe has a funny way of helping us: it makes the wrong path more and more painful in order to wake us up, shake us up, and force us to move in a new direction.