05/14/2024
This is a portion of Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World essays by Barry Lopez.
Change is coming fast though, on multiple fronts. Most of us begin the day now uncertain of exactly where we are. Once, we banked on knowing how to respond to all the important questions. Once, we assumed we'd be able to pass on to the next generation the skill of staying poised in worrying times, to survive what's headed our way.-global climate disruption, a new pandemic, additional authoritarian governments-and to endure, we will have to stretch our imaginations. We'll need to trust each other because today, it's as if every place has melted into the sameness of water. We are searching for the boats we forgot to build.