As the pandemic recedes, we are all looking forward to reclaiming something like the life we once knew. But could one of the purposes of the pandemic be to direct us to a life better than the one we knew?

While many people hope the world returns to normal, that could be the worst of our new choices. We now stand at a critical crossroads that will either plunge the world into deeper darkness or elevate it to the light.

When my mentor Hilda Charlton received a student who had just been healed of a dire disease, Hilda would ask that person, “What will you do with your life now?” We might ask the same question of ourselves after moving through the long, dark tunnel of this planetary disease. What have we learned that can make our lives more meaningful?

A Course in Miracles tells us, “All things are lessons God would have me learn.” This is true on a planetary level as well as a personal level.

While many of the results of the coronavirus pandemic were tragic, we were also bestowed with life-changing experiences...

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