Many great thoughts here, @denmarkguy... amidst some absolutely jaw-dropping photography that you never even mentioned. Is that rosemary with the purple flowers? Or what is that, exactly? Back to the thoughts. I really appreciate this perspective. Every day I find myself asking, "what really matters?" It all kind of comes down to that for me. Health, life, community, family and doing what's right are top in my book. And there's exercise and creativity and enjoyment, which I know can be difficult for a lot of people right now with varying types of lockdowns going on around the world. (I've been super fortunate, and feel incredibly grateful for that.)

Politics admittedly has me in knots. The divisiveness of it sickens me right now and I think is eating away at our society. But when I find myself churning about it, I just ask that question again. What really matters? And then I veer away from that horrid stewpot of senseless babble and self-righteous claims from multiple sides that all drown one another out, and hope that our collective sanity is not dead but just dormant.

Thanks for this interesting level-set. At the end of the day, we still need to make lunch.