As we approach the end of this extraordinary pandemic year, many people's evaluation of the past 12 months will be suffused by all they may have lost, endured or been denied. Yet, there can be few of us who have not absorbed new learnings or discovered new depths within ourselves.
For most of us, this year has clarified how much more important emotional connections are in our lives than material things.
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