"The plain truth is that no matter our ethnicity, religion, gender, political party (the list goes on), nor even our socioeconomic status, as Americans we share this: We are busy. We’re out and about hustling to make our own lives work."

The Great Pause has given us all time to sit back, reflect, and observe our world rather than zipping through it. I hope our collective society can resist the attempted return to normalcy. Nothing will ever be "normal" again, whatever that means, and that's ok. It's time for us to wake up collectively and create a new normal. A normal where all people in our societies and the natural world can benefit and live together, sustainably.