You’ve likely heard the line, “We are all in this together.” But we aren’t. We’ve been distanced from community. We’ve been isolated and shut down. We are alone. Maybe together we are all alone, but that is just word trickery.
No one I know is doing ok. Everyone is struggling. For different reasons, yes, but we are all experiencing trauma. I used to wonder what it was like for my Grandmother, at home with her kids while the war raged across the channel. It has filled my imagination for years.
While I wouldn’t presume to understand her exact feeling, I do feel closer to her now than ever. All we can do is wait and survive.
What we do need is courage. The courage to sit in the sun. The courage to sing. The courage to make a nice meal. The courage to love. The courage to love people, even if they aren’t loving in return.
Claim the freedom to love.
2 Timothy 1: 7 For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power,
of love and of self-discipline.
Roberta Writes 