Essential

Never before have we paid so much attention to what is actually essential.  And also, in the opposite: identifying what is non-essential.

In the times before these, everything we had, and everything we were doing, seemed essential.  It was essential to make time to go to the café.  It was essential to have friends over on the weekend.  It was essential to hug a relative when we met after a time apart.

Giving up those essentials opens our mind to think about what is left.  But on the other hand, in a modern society, enjoying life is an essential too.