It almost seems unfeeling to be planning a normal day when
our brothers and sisters in Texas are experiencing such horror. But, we beat
on, as F. Scott said, “boats against the current.”
What we might learn from these dreadful days is that Nature
plays a catastrophic game when she chooses, and we are powerless.
A bully can’t shake his hand in her face and stop the gales.
A billionaire can’t show her his bank statement and escaper
her wrath.
A general can’t order his battalions to counterattack and
send her fleeing in fear.
A politician can’t “whip” his party into formation and outvote
her intentions.
A person blessed with uncommon beauty can’t charm Nature out of destruction.
A thief can't steal her power.
A thief can't steal her power.
No, at the moment Nature unleashes her fury, we all equal,
one of the few moments during which that is true.
What can we do? Perhaps catastrophes such as this will help
convince us that neither ignoring nor challenging Nature is the answer. Perhaps
the answer lies in a new reverence and a more accommodating posture. Perhaps it
is time to let wisdom, education, and decency lead us away from defiance and toward harmony. Perhaps it is time to
spend more of our resources working with Nature and less warring with one another. Perhaps it
is time to sweep the halls of government clean of climate-change deniers, greed-mongers,
and divisive charlatans. We can replace them with women of thought and prudence.
(I leave men out of the equation as we’ve had our chance and it’s gone with the
wind).
Heck, we might even start electing leaders on the basis of
thought and hope instead of fear and hatred.
After all, the only real thing we can do it the face of a furious and unforgiving Nature is to dream of better days and better ways.
After all, the only real thing we can do it the face of a furious and unforgiving Nature is to dream of better days and better ways.
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| Just thinking … |
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