There is no doubt that these are unprecedented and unpredictable times. The world is changing and evolving around us at a pace that we have never seen before . . .  sometimes daily, sometimes hourly. I am certain that in the space between the writing of this column and the reading of it the landscape of our lives will continue to morph and change. The questions that we are asking today (how do I best protect myself and my community?) and the choices that we are making (masks or no masks?) may look very different in even a few days as we learn more about COVID-19 and our collective response to it.  

            Since my last Wholly Holistics article we find ourselves in a whole new world. Corona has brought the planet to a different place. A place where our conveniences and our outlets for food and entertainment are vastly limited and vastly different. We’ll call it a parallel universe, ‘cause that’s what it is these days, even if I weren’t writing a holistic piece.

In 1776 philosopher and writer Thomas Paine famously penned, “These are the times that try men’s souls.” They were indeed, as the Revolutionary War raged, dividing the populace. Never having experienced a war on American soil in my lifetime, I can only imagine how those people dealt with their day-to-day’s, with no idea what direction tomorrow might take. For many folks the current corona virus pandemic has triggered that fear of the unknown, perhaps mirroring the initial confusion brought about by 9-11.