See New Hope With Tired Eyes

Luiz Martins · Photography pexels.com

This year, I am grateful for the lesson I learned about focus. This lesson didn’t come from taking a class or watching “how-to” videos about focus. This lesson did not come from talking to a therapist about my need to focus because of distractions. This lesson came from Virginia’s COVID-19 face mask mandate.

Masks force me to focus on people’s eyes with a newfound intensity. I even feel people’s emotions in a new…