March 23, 2022

I read the first posts I wrote two years ago. At the time I had no idea I would still be typing away twenty-four months later.

Yet here I am.

Back then I wrote in the present tense. It all felt so immediate, I lived each day one moment at a time.

Now I live much as I did before. I ski, I dance and I look forward to a better future. I have a message which I want to share with everyone.

A message of hope.

Despite the fear and the division, our world can survive. I refuse to give up. 

Just turn off the news and get outside.

War in Ukraine has taken over the news these days. Division still surrounds us. I’m guilty of sewing the divide when I see people protesting mandates and I call them out for it. I know I should just ignore them and carry on.

But I can’t.

It frustrates me that after two years we are now in a place worse than we were when this started. I read some of my posts from back then and I wrote about being all together battling this viral foe.

Now it’s about battling each other.

So I try to find a message of hope and unity. One where everyone can come together no matter their vaccination status, their religion, or their sexual orientation.

We are all human underneath. 

I wish we could understand that about each other. I have friends that feel people should be vaccinated and if they aren’t they are not responsible people. I have others afraid of the vaccine and the possible side effects. They are both right – and wrong.

Regardless they are still human beings in need of respect and understanding. We enter a new era with our eyes wide open to everything. Yet is what we see real?   

Next time someone disagrees with what you believe, take a moment and try to understand why. I hope in two years this viral division will be a distant memory. 

I hope…