When the corona virus pandemic began, I had the tremendous good fortune of finding myself in a great living situation that was supposed to last for the duration of the pandemic. When that unexpectedly changed from one day to the next and I suddenly had to leave, I had a choice: resist what I couldn’t change—and get upset about it—or trust that it was ultimately for my greater good—even if I couldn’t yet foresee how that might be true.
“What was done was done. In his ostensible powerlessness, an unexpected and empowering freedom.”