Like many others, I am made busy adapting to new circumstances. Fortunately, I do not have to deal with job loss or destitution. The corona virus has shocked and bewildered people around the globe. The end of this pandemic is not yet in sight.
America finds itself very much in the midst of things. There is fear. There is a certain amount of paralysis. There is simply the unknown. All are part of the fabric of life these days as persons go about their daily lives with reduced freedom. There, is too, a feeling of lostness. Everything can seem different, and not in a good way.
Leadership in the United States has fallen primarily to the state governors. Some governors are responsive to the health of their citizens as the first priority. Others seem more responsive to business concerns. And so, in this very political time, health itself has been politicized.
So, where do we go from here? What do we do constructively, as opposed to simply riding things out? Is there even an alternative?
I like to think there are answers here, contained in earlier posts. But to be perhaps clearer and sharper, surely we can begin to admit that the normal way of business is not possible now. Possibly, someof us can see that things will never be quite the same again. For, who can trust that nature will not send us another virus, equally as unpredictable and unpredicted? And who can believe this government in the future when it attempts to function as a coterie of savants while assuring us nothing untoward will happen?
Without getting too deeply into religion or philosophy, let me say somewhat simply, that now is a time for thoughtfulness of a kind most rarely participate in. It can be a time of deeper caring for our fellow human beings. Who can say how much there is to see? Who can say where is the end of new discoveries? Who can say when a new period of increasing wisdom might come to an end, if the Divine will simply allow it?
May we stand ready to receive as well as act, to ponder as well as care, to hope as well as love. And may this happen in a near time.
America finds itself very much in the midst of things. There is fear. There is a certain amount of paralysis. There is simply the unknown. All are part of the fabric of life these days as persons go about their daily lives with reduced freedom. There, is too, a feeling of lostness. Everything can seem different, and not in a good way.
Leadership in the United States has fallen primarily to the state governors. Some governors are responsive to the health of their citizens as the first priority. Others seem more responsive to business concerns. And so, in this very political time, health itself has been politicized.
So, where do we go from here? What do we do constructively, as opposed to simply riding things out? Is there even an alternative?
I like to think there are answers here, contained in earlier posts. But to be perhaps clearer and sharper, surely we can begin to admit that the normal way of business is not possible now. Possibly, someof us can see that things will never be quite the same again. For, who can trust that nature will not send us another virus, equally as unpredictable and unpredicted? And who can believe this government in the future when it attempts to function as a coterie of savants while assuring us nothing untoward will happen?
Without getting too deeply into religion or philosophy, let me say somewhat simply, that now is a time for thoughtfulness of a kind most rarely participate in. It can be a time of deeper caring for our fellow human beings. Who can say how much there is to see? Who can say where is the end of new discoveries? Who can say when a new period of increasing wisdom might come to an end, if the Divine will simply allow it?
May we stand ready to receive as well as act, to ponder as well as care, to hope as well as love. And may this happen in a near time.
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