Pandemic. What if you thought of it as the Jews considered the Sabbath? The most sacred of times. Seize from travel. Seize from buying and selling. Give up just for now. I'm trying to make the world a different than it is. Thing, pray, touch. Only those to whom you commit your life. Center down. When your body has become still, reach out with your heart. Know that we are connected in ways that are terrifying and beautiful. You could hardly deny it now. Know that our lives are in one another's hands. Surely that is complete. Do not reach out your hands. Reach out your heart. Reach out your words. Reach out all the tendrils of compassion that move invisibly. Where we cannot touch. Promise this world your love for better or for worse in sickness and in health so long as we all shall live.