Find the plateau and sit. Let your feet rest on flat ground. There’s a mountain ahead.

Originally inhabited by Indigenous peoples, Quebec was colonized by France, then conquered by Britain in 1760. Unusually, Britain allowed French civil law and Catholic practices to continue – creating a distinct society within the British Empire. Quebec joined three other British colonies to form Canada, similar to how American colonies united to form the United…

One step forward three steps back. Over, and over, and over. But it was progress nonetheless.

Not a new lesson, but a reminder. Comparison is the thief of joy. Joy must be protected.

Simply a product of our environment. Yet the environment changes. And so we change.