What Beauty Did You Discover in Your 'In-Between Space?'

     Before mandatory sheltering began, Duane discovered this stairwell in a building and pulled me in to see it. As we climbed the three flights, we read along the way that muralists from a school turned this in-between space into an adventure of canoeing, camping, and skiing.     
     That prompted me to consider some of the in-between spaces in our lives. Places that are as blah and utilitarian as stairwells. Or stop lights. Or waiting rooms. Or elevators. Or hallways. Or job hunts. Areas that get me from one place to another, but often have little appeal of their own.     
     We’ve all waited restlessly in the in-between space of sheltering during this coronavirus pandemic. Now we’re beginning to venture forth to discover what life will be now.     
     I’m thinking about some of the beauty I’ve experienced during this forced stay-at-home: the regeneration of quietness; the reward of simplicity; the richness of humor. What of these will I carry into this new life?     
​     And what will you carry into your new life?