It’s a tough time out there. It’s only a few days before the election of the century, and tensions are high all around.

Much of what’s at stake has to do with the way people are feeling right now during this equally historic pandemic.

COVID-19 has changed the way we live, the way we work, the way we look at life and relationships, the way we treat others, the way we look at what we most value. While many of us continue to at least adjust to minor changes, such as working from home, doing church in new ways, changing exercise routines, eating on porches, wearing masks, learning to enjoy the simpler things in life; for others, COVID has felt like a wicked curse.

Huge numbers of people are completely out of work and trying to make ends meet in any way they can. Retirees have seen their sto…