Very poignant reflection ♥️ it’s so hard to believe it’s been 3 years- and there is so much I wish we had learned as individuals and as a collective. Sadly, I can’t say I’m surprised by the way the pandemic polarized us given that we as a country were already polarized and not really holding space for critical conversations with one another. Even now, when the collective capacity for change seems smaller than ever, I continue to have hope- and I think I’m not alone in that- that small groups of people dedicated to growth and change can make all of the difference.
Thank you for this post. I had really hoped that people would learn from this. I also watched in my community as groups that depend on outrage and anger to fundraise slowly went back to that strategy. There was such an initial sense of us all being in it again. In my community, we're more divided than we've ever been before. There are a handful of people who profit from the division.
The pandemic gave each of us individuals to have more time for ourselves and our families. I see now that was a test of so many. I know many young people who are divorcing. I am grateful I was single and was able to devote my life to my calling as a journalist. I'm still putting everything else in my life on my hold to serve my community. I'm a better person for this experience, though one potential cause for the rise in violent crime in my community is the quick pivot from pandemic support to a realization that our support network is in tatters.
Thank you for this post. I think I need to do a lot of writing about this myself but I find so many people have already forgotten those early days. It is crucial we talk about it in the hopes of maybe figuring out how we can still get things right.
Everyone here wishes for these lessons, thank you for writing them so beautifully.
As you say Sarah we must continue to hope and move forward. In this time of continued upheaval and polarization ultimately we have to go inside ourselves and, as cliche as it sounds, become our best human so we can go out and spread that around. This takes much more work than we expect!
I couldn't agree more that it makes no sense to play a blame game over the origins of Covid. The "most likely" origin was a lab leak but most likely we will never be able to prove it. I'm afraid the hate mongers will fuel an agenda to seek retribution. I'm afraid because in a military confrontation no one wins.
Very poignant reflection ♥️ it’s so hard to believe it’s been 3 years- and there is so much I wish we had learned as individuals and as a collective. Sadly, I can’t say I’m surprised by the way the pandemic polarized us given that we as a country were already polarized and not really holding space for critical conversations with one another. Even now, when the collective capacity for change seems smaller than ever, I continue to have hope- and I think I’m not alone in that- that small groups of people dedicated to growth and change can make all of the difference.
Thank you for this post. I had really hoped that people would learn from this. I also watched in my community as groups that depend on outrage and anger to fundraise slowly went back to that strategy. There was such an initial sense of us all being in it again. In my community, we're more divided than we've ever been before. There are a handful of people who profit from the division.
The pandemic gave each of us individuals to have more time for ourselves and our families. I see now that was a test of so many. I know many young people who are divorcing. I am grateful I was single and was able to devote my life to my calling as a journalist. I'm still putting everything else in my life on my hold to serve my community. I'm a better person for this experience, though one potential cause for the rise in violent crime in my community is the quick pivot from pandemic support to a realization that our support network is in tatters.
Thank you for this post. I think I need to do a lot of writing about this myself but I find so many people have already forgotten those early days. It is crucial we talk about it in the hopes of maybe figuring out how we can still get things right.
Everyone here wishes for these lessons, thank you for writing them so beautifully.
As you say Sarah we must continue to hope and move forward. In this time of continued upheaval and polarization ultimately we have to go inside ourselves and, as cliche as it sounds, become our best human so we can go out and spread that around. This takes much more work than we expect!
I couldn't agree more that it makes no sense to play a blame game over the origins of Covid. The "most likely" origin was a lab leak but most likely we will never be able to prove it. I'm afraid the hate mongers will fuel an agenda to seek retribution. I'm afraid because in a military confrontation no one wins.
Beautiful reflection. It is hard to have hope because it seems each day, we move further away from a shared world. But perhaps, it will happen.