What to do when all you can do is sit
I’ve heard people saying, “Our forefathers went to war for this country and all we are asked to do is stay home.”
Yes, if you’re talking chips and Netflix on the sofa. But to really stay home? To come home to the seat of yourself and stay there?
Barn-Burning
And here we are again, a global inferno.
A universal Barn-Burning.
We are, all of us, mourning the loss of what WAS and we are facing what IS without a roof over our heads, without walls to give us location, protection, reassurance, without a front door to welcome people in.
All of us, standing under the same vast sky, surrounded by the smoldering rubble of what was our lives, no longer protected against the unknown night.
The gift inside a package of loss
An awareness of life’s fragility is a gift usually given inside a package of loss.
Is it worth it to begin to know at such a young age how to truly live?