The Covid pandemic is giving the world a long pause from routine and turning expectations upside down.  Even as we may be nearing the end, this past year provided time to go inward, to see what is important, and note what may or may not have been working in life. Some did not have such a luxury and continued an even more frantic life fraught with risk and fear. Here, we discuss how a perspective change from reaction to response comes about using mindfulness techniques to explore awareness.