It was the best of times, it was the worst of times . . .
Most of us recognize the opening lines from A Tale of Two Cites by Charles Dickens
Supposedly the beginning paragraph intends to emphasize the conflicts between good and evil. Light and darkness, wisdom and foolishness . . . you get the picture. Conflict that is nothing new to us.
I’ll add that right now it feels like we’re living in the strangest of times.
COVID-19 has turned our world upside in too many ways to mention. For those of us on the West Coast, horrific fires and hazardous air quality on top of the pandemic might make some of us feel like we’re in book 2 of an apocalyptic series. Okay, maybe I went too far with that—but truly, it’s surreal.
