The Price Is Right & the Light at the End of The Tunnel
Since the onset of the pandemic, many of us have been living like the bright-eyed young soldier in the war movie with his whole life ahead of him, making his way through the treacherous jungle and saying things like “I’ve got a girl back home, and as soon as I get out of here next week, I’m gonna give her my class ring” (right before he takes a poison dart to the neck or gets mauled by a tiger or something): Day after day, we find ourselves carried by hopes of a brighter future, even when that future just means a return to the past, like going back to movie theaters or stadiums, or grabbing a few drinks after you leave an office that you put on actual pants and shoes to go to.
Just like that weathered photo the soldier kept under his helmet or inside his boot, I’d imagine many of us, to a degree, have a certain something we’ve been holding close to our hearts throughout this ordeal, be it an establishment, location, or event that we’ve had to live without for the past year. A light at the end of our tunnels that, although it’s seemed farther and farther away at times, is still out there, and when we finally reach it, all will be right with the world once again.
While it’s fair to assume that certain elements of our existence have been irrevocably altered during this time, there will, at some point, be a moment where things…
