Love in the midst of pandemic

Somewhere each day
we have to fall in love with someone, something, 

some moment, event, phrase. 

Somehow each day we must allow the softening of the heart. 

Otherwise our hearts will move inevitably toward hardness. 

We will move toward cynicism, bitterness, fear and despair. 

That's where most of the world is trapped and doesn't even know it. 

The world's been in love with death so long that it calls death life. 

It tries to conjure up life by making itself falsely excited, 

by creating parties where there's no reason to celebrate.... 

Yet the only way to experience joy is to give yourself to reality. 

Joy comes after you go that extra mile and offer yourself first-thing every day.

Ask the Lord to give you the grace to fall in love. 

Then you'll see rightly because only when we are in love 

do we understand.

Richard Rohr 

There are moments in every day
even during quarantine
when we can fall in love.

These are just a few of the moments in mine today.

I'm committed to finding something to love every day.
Won't you join me?

In order of appearance:
Grandson in his happy place, the Jungle
a light box honoring summer
a junk store
communicating with the neighbors while holy distancing 
a spring bouquet from the garden
the abundance of small things
Imaginations Cathedral, a painting from my oldest son. 

What would be on your list?