LIFE
DURING VIRUSES
This is a
travel blog, and I will never pretend to know I have any solutions except on
how to get from here to there and perhaps what you’ll find once you arrive. I certainly
do not harbor political agendas or malice towards anyone, but sadly the world
is currently so upside down with this Covid-19 pandemic and now with protests against
police brutality convulsing this great nation, allow me to say that my heart is
breaking. I am saddened by the loss of life and the injustice, but I am hopeful
that we have reached a turning point with both viruses. Unfortunately, Covid-19
may be an easier virus to contend with and hopefully a solution is on the
horizon. The virus of systemic racism that runs throughout the history of this
country is a deadlier virus. It needs to end; it needs to be eradicated.
How? I
told you I don’t have a solution, but I do know that it is viscerally wrong to
have someone kneeling on another human’s neck. These protests hopefully are the
dialogue that needs to begin for people everywhere to be respected and heard.
Social distancing is the catch phrase these days. It helps prevent the spread
of the Covid-19, but we must aspire to be closer to everyone in thought and
deed. We must listen to those who are hurt and grieving and treat others as we
want to be treated. No one should be excluded because no one is better than the
other.
We must
love. Because we’re all in this together.
©.2020 by GREG DUNAJ
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