As we enter the mid-year months of 2021, life is slowly returning to “normal,” at least here in the northeast United States. Many mask mandates have been lifted, and people are starting to meet with family and friends in social settings that we could never have imagined just a few months ago. I am thrilled that we can now go to restaurants and the movies. 

This year of pandemic living has presented many things to us—first, the notion of a contract with your network, a contract for social well-being. We wore masks and kept our social distance to protect each other from this ravaging virus. As a result, we learned to consider others, perhaps much more than we would have done in “normal” times. Read more from Barbara Lange.

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