How do you sleep at night? 
Are you comfortable? Do you 
feel safe? Did you lay in bed 
and listen to the sounds of the 
gentle rain, or did late night news 
have you considering how fragile 
this society has become. Maybe 
you were restless and thinking the 
mortgage payment might bounce, or 
car payment? Were you wondering 
where your child was, or if the 
forecast might change plans for 
Sunday’s golf game? There is so 
little of this summer-like weather 
remaining. Have you noticed the 
chill as you open the car window 
to pick up your morning coffee? 
Do you feel guilty about the caloric 
count of that extra donut? Did you 
pack a lunch, or will you order in 
or take-away. Did you wake up
refreshed and ready to tackle the 
difficulties at work, you know, the 
issues of which we often complain? 
Can you think of things you would 
rather be doing? Are you planning 
ahead, past these day-to-day 
inconveniences, or are you okay
living with the changes imposed 
on all of us? How are you affected 
by injustice and inequality, or is it 
somebody else’s problem? Are you 
wearing a mask to protect others 
and your self? We all should feel 
the impact of what life is throwing 
at us. Do you understand we all 
feel it differently? Or is that any 
of your concern? Shouldn’t it be?

© 2020 j.g. lewis