But science does havesomething to say here, and sometimes purely imaginativequestions are great tools for helping us think about how the realworld works.
It may be too early to say what we have learned from all of this, but at the least we see more sharply than before our interdependence as a human community.
I am more confident about asking for what I want. But I can also see myself more clearly, and I can see that what I want is sometimes more than can reasonably be asked for.
Scrooge ran to the window. Outside, the air was full of spirits, all wearing chains like Marley's ghost, all crying miserably as they realized, too late, the terrible mistakes that they had made in their lives.
Try to be more conscious of what your shallow tasks are, and give yourself permission to block them out for a while so you can focus on the important tasks that require 'deep work'.