On Thursday evening it felt like time - which for me and many others has been racing by in a grim, intense blur of late - stood still for just a little bit.
I stood on my make-shift balcony (the scaffolding outside my flat window) and joined my neighbours in a rousing round of applause for the heroic efforts of those working in our National Health Service.
It took about two minutes for tears to fill my eyes.
This simple, beautiful, unifying gesture was pretty overwhelming.
I had seen a few people being cynical on social media about the planned Clap for Carers earlier in the day (plus ça change), but I'm pretty confident they were either outnumbered or converted when it came to the moment itself.
Of course a round of applause doesn't help to properly kit out our doctors and nurses with the right personal protective equipment that they so desperately need and deserve.
And it can't stop the pain that so many people are feeling right now as the numbers of deaths from this horrendous virus continue to rocket.
But it helped pick this country up off the floor, for a little while anyway.
Simply put, people have the capacity to be amazing and long before the nation came together on Thursday, there was already plenty of evidence of the remarkable character people can show in the most trying of circumstances.
And it won't surprise anyone with a decent knowledge of Merseyside that this region has been overflowing with selflessness, altruism and care for others during this period.
Sadly, much of our working day as journalists now involves bringing our readers bad, sad and worrying news.
Its our job to inform people accurately about the gargantuan challenge ahead - we can't sugar coat it.
But we are also determined to share those acts of human kindness that are taking place all over this wonderful region - this couldn't be more important right now.
We are collecting all the positive news, the acts of friendship, the gestures for the vulnerable in this special live blog.
After another intense and pretty depressing week of reporting this week, I took the time to scroll through the many brilliant entries and heartening news stories featured on the blog and soak up some much needed positivity.
I couldn't recommend doing so enough.
Right across the region people are forgetting their own troubles, worries and serious personal problems and thinking about others.
Businesses faced with closing down are making sure their unused stock goes to the homeless.
Taxi drivers with no idea when their next fare will come are offering to deliver vital supplies to elderly people who can't leave their homes.
Ordinary people who are worrying about putting food on the table for their family are making sure they keep foodbanks supplied so that others don't go hungry.
And that's before we even consider the extraordinary bravery of the NHS staff risking their own lives each and every day to try and keep the rest of us alive.
When the chips are down you see what people are really made of - and this place is made of brilliant stuff.
Yes there are exceptions - some people have not covered themselves in glory during this crisis, but right now I'm choosing to focus on those who have stood tall, those who have displayed the very best that humanity has to offer.
The road ahead will be plagued with misery and darkness - but I'm confident people will continue to keep a light shining through.
