Reason to be hopeful...
I smile a lot. Some people think I smile too much. My facial expression has nothing to do with lack of empathy or understanding the serious nature of people’s lives. Rather, my smile reflects a sense that life will improve and goodness is always present. In short, I’m a hopeful person. Fortunately, I live and work in the AccesSport family which is all about hope.
Without discounting the suffering and angst surrounding us all we’re finding signs of promise in the AccesSport community. Remarkably, through virtual training and in-person programming, we continue to discover higher function. Perhaps more profoundly, this year we’ve found recognition of the fragility that unites us more than in other years. Pretense is gone and we are communicating on deeper levels. Words of care and compassion come easily in this community. Whether in Boston Public virtual classrooms or our virtual gait training sessions or in our year round in-person adaptive cycling program we are, for lack of a better word, simply “closer.” I’m not sure I’d call this a silver lining, but our programming is more intense and effective while our community is stronger than ever.
I’m guessing you are finding something similar in your lives. We're living through a year that has made us all so very vulnerable and human. The lines that divide us are being erased in the time of a virus that doesn’t discriminate. My hope is bolstered knowing that people in this world may be finding more in common with others than ever before.
We are thankful that AccesSport is continuing with a mission that is vital. We are also thankful that you are a part of this community. We share a mission of tearing down walls of division and lifting people.
