This is another one of those painted pebbles that appeared around the local lake during COVID time. Small messages when it was difficult to communicate. For a while the pandemic brought us together by keeping us apart.

I wonder, though, if being hopeful was justified? The pandemic went away. This one, at least. The virus has remained but seems tamed (for the moment). But what about the all the conspiracy theories that stayed, divisions between people? For a while the pandemic brought us together by keeping us apart.

Ragtag Daily Prompt: Hopeful