“We're put here on Earth to learn our own lessons. No one can tell you what your lessons are; it is part of your personal journey to discover them. On these journeys we may be given a lot, or just a little bit, of the things we must grapple with, but never more than we can handle.” – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

As we close summer with Labor Day next week, I’ve been thinking about the lessons of the past six months of the pandemic, civil unrest and another political season of “you’re wrong and I’m right.” The issues that we face are complex, deeply rooted and won’t be solved with a slogan on a bumper sticker or sign. The sustainable answers are not found in extremes, in right or left. The answers lie first and foremost within each of us individually. If and when we realize this, we can begin working on the only person we can truly change – “me.”