Ed. Note: Yes, certainly, parts of last year were quite bad, yes, we noticed it. But not everything is terrible at all times in every way. And perhaps, possibly, even probably, good things happen in this new year.
Craig: A Robbie Robertson song contains some of my favorite lyrics:
Give us strength
Give us wisdom
And give us tomorrow
The good thing that notes is that time does not stop. We continue tomorrow. It is not a guarantee, a plug could be extracted in the video game of us, but so far it has worked. It is worth praying from time to time, or mentioning in a song (“Robbie Robertson’s showdown at Big Sky”.
What else could we ask that tomorrow and what is safer than dawn?
For the album, the following lyrics of the song are a call to action, so we will be busy:
Let the bells come out (those bells sound)
Listen to the ringin bells’
Let the bells come out (all the people are going to)
Keep sounding, playing (touches those bells)
Ben: This October, less than two months after the demolition of four dams on the Klamath Lower River, the Chinook salmon returned to spawning on tributaries well above the upper barrier, it reaches where no salmon has raised for decades. In my book, that qualifies decisively as something good that has already happened: a reminder of the innate capacity of the nature of renewal and recovery when we do not actively prevent it. In similar lines, I am worrying about the recent news that the federal government will spend $ 25 million building new underground steps and fences to help the red wolves in danger of extinction to cross the 64 highway safely in North Carolina, another instance of modifying our sclerotic infrastructure to facilitate the movement of a Keystone species. That we see many more examples of this type in 2025.
Emily: Maybe we sleep all night! Maybe we will see our friends again and eat things that do not have to defrost and stop putting essential articles such as the keys to our car in the washing machine. Perhaps, as we leave the survival mode, we will begin to read more and our perspectives will be expanded and will be better friends and neighbors and we will begin to reciprocate the love and support we receive last year. We may stop worrying if our pants will fit again. Perhaps that energy will be directed towards more significant efforts, such as resisting monotonous terror that is being filtered so insidiously in our daily lives, as if it were a rhythmic pulse in a wrinkle over time.
What will that be like? Perhaps as the exhortation of comedian Eddie Izzard to his audience after the elections in November: “Be curious! Be brave! “Paste its blonden horse to the butt and walk the stage with very high heels and a black sequin minida:” Go, go ahead and do things! “
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Baby Houopoe, incoming dinner: by luckhy86- own work, cc by-sa 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=148539777
Whatever these people are doing: by Jakub Hałun-their own work, CC By-Sa 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=111204680
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