Disruptions inevitably interrupt our choreographed routines, but we can learn to dance with them. Finding your footing again is a two-step process, much like the two-step rhythmic pattern in various folk traditions. You must first explore the subjective experience with curiosity before calmly confronting the objective issues.

All seasons come with their fair share of good and bad, fortune and hardship, weirdness and normalcy, change and stagnation. And while I still don’t know the inner workings behind the universe (nor do I ever expect to), I continue to believe it is our sacred duty to extract joy wherever we can. It won’t erase the ills of the world, but it can make