COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—Shen Yun Performing Arts has a message for all of us who are still navigating the pandemic: “Hang on, don’t give up, don’t let go of yourself, stay true, keep blossoming,” said musician Ruth Wilkey of the performance. Ruth and her husband, Daniel Wilkey, attended Shen Yun at the Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts in Colorado Springs. Ruth sings, plays the piano, and has been a music teacher for 30 years. Ruth was astounded Shen Yun’s vocalist. The baritone particularly impressed her with a song “To Heaven in this Lifetime,” which tells the story of the soul’s journey through the planes of heaven to await the Creator on Earth. “That was powerful,”  she said of the message. “There’s the hope and the love and the joy and the life, because so many things are pushing us down and oppressing us and threatening us,” Ruth said. She …