The Meditation of Manual Labor

and the faith that comes with it.

Photo by Sandie Clarke on Unsplash

The pandemic changed me. Just as all traumatic experiences in our lives change how we feel about ourselves and the world, something inside of me was altered. Any and all attempts to regain some sense of control failed, and as much as I tried, I could not get back into my pre-pandemic groove.

For three years, I’ve been i…