Hi,
The trees, once again, stripping bare to save themselves from the damage heavy snow can bring.
An involuntary survival mechanism built-in by nature.
The hair standing at attention, the twinge deep in your gut, your instincts, all of it steers you toward survival, nudges you toward the path you're meant to take. So much of what we need to do is simply allow ourselves to pay attention.
Some people are more intuitive than others, that's a given, but survival instincts are baked in because, well, evolution.
The basic, but incredibly important difference between humanity and nature's other beings is that we have other factors the come into play.
Trees that lose their leaves, lose their leaves. The leaves fall to the soil beneath, acting as insulation from the snow, rotting, becoming nutrition for the soil, in turn, feeding the tree.
Trees don't have a choice. But, what if they did?
Would trees choose to keep their leaves out of vanity, out of pride, out of comfort? Would they question the loss, refuse, even knowing that doing so could cause harm to the ground beneath? Would they look at other trees shedding their leaves and thriving because of it, and change their minds? Would they hold on to their leaves because they simply don't want to believe that it would help them survive the winter? With time and information would they become willing to shed their vanity, shed their comfort for not only their best shot at survival, but the survival and betterment of the forest as a whole?
Personifying trees is a stretch, I know. But, throughout nature, you'll find ready examples of birds, mammals, amphibians, and countless other creatures where convenience of self does not trump what is needed for the greater good.
When you get rid of the noise, all of the outside influence and listen, really listen to the twinge in your gut, listen to what your instincts tell you truly makes sense, that's when you can make decisions about moving forward. Decisions that you will be able to look back on and feel good about.
Very few decisions in life are all or nothing. This is no exception. This is not either/or. It's all about adjustment and rolling with solid, proven information as it expands with experience.
As a person, like so many of you, with vulnerable people within my family, watching the rallies protesting the wearing of masks makes me both sad and angry. What a slap in the face to the front line workers. The doctors, nurses, hospital support staff, EMTs, teachers, grocery workers, and all of those who put themselves in danger, and in some cases have lost their lives to this thing. They deal with the ugly reality of this virus every stinkin' day. They go home, or whatever they are calling home through this nightmare as not to put their families in danger, and turn on the news to see hundreds of people fighting against the very simple thing that can keep our system from being overwhelmed by patients. The very simple thing that would help lessen and slow the spread, help keep this thing at bay until it can become eradicated, or as close to it as possible. A very simple thing.
And for what? Some warped stand for freedom? Our freedoms are impaired each and every day for the sake of health and safety.
*Speed limits- You can't drive 50MPH through a school zone, right?
*Drunk Driving laws - You don't get to drink and drive and put yourself and others in danger, right?
*Seatbelts/car seats - Science proved them effective, you don't drive around with your baby jumping around all over the place, right?
*Smoking in hospital/hotel rooms/restaurants - literally happened, but not anymore, right?
None of these mean you can't drive at all, you can't drink at all, can't smoke at all, they just mean you have to do them with some modifications.
As you learn, you know more, when you know better, you do better, right? Evolution.
Every single one of these things had a starting point. They had controversy. They had arguments against them. Eventually, though, common sense wins. Science wins.
This time it's not even a permanent change. It's a temporary inconvenience.
Please quit spitting in the faces of those who are trying to get us through this. The least we can do is do everything we can to make their jobs a little less horrible. Literally, the least.
We got this. We just need to lift each other over the hardest parts.
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May we take the care needed. All of us. Every. Single. One. It's a Very Simple Thing.
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