After reading the “Impossible” chapters I was defiantly moved. I think that the messages being relayed through these chapters is exactly what everyone in the world needs to hear right now. I think that a lot of people are feeling hopeless and that their small actions will not do anything to affect change, but this reassures that they are wrong. With COVID-19 I think that it is so important for everyone to realize that even the smallest actions will have a large impact in someone else’s life. For example, when the author was telling the story of how her neighbor drove her home once and how impactful that was; staying home and donating (if you can) to food pantries around your area can have such a positive impact in someone’s life. I think that people are intimidated by what is going on right now, especially because nobody can really tell what is to come next and how long we will be on stay at home orders, but I think that the author is right in saying that it will not change all at once. If everyone bands together then the collective kind actions of everyone will lead to the momentous change, we are all hoping for.

Honestly before reading this I was so discouraged due to COVID-19 but one quote really stuck out to me, “I suspect we all have our three- in- the- morning moments, when all of life seems like a no- exit film noir, where any effort is pointless, where any hope seems to be born only to be dashed, like a fallen nestling on a summer sidewalk” (54). The author describes that when she gets in mindsets like she described she thinks of all of the small good things in her life to get through it. I think that this is a great mindset to have during this pandemic, because we should focus on what good things we have in our lives and be grateful that we have them. I think that this is a perspective that so many people need to realize, because we are all in this together and we will get through it as long as we work together.