Normalisation

Of fires that burn down more land, homes and animals each year.

Of over 200,000 people dead in the USA of COVID.

Of endless daily lies and corruption of politicians, business leaders. (And the irony of good leaders, who speak truth, and do so quietly and with dignity for as long as there is a question, being slammed as incompetent.)

Of the complete lack of vision of almost every ‘leader’ on the planet. 

The drama cycle of news, feasting off the carcass of our normalised, numbed-out souls, has no shame. Journalists who expose the corruption seen as criminals.

And we the people…it feels endless…and so we swim in the sea of awful numbed out to the real pain of those burned, sick, uprooted, thrown onto the trash heap of callous disregard.

I wonder, I genuinely wonder, if I will be alive when we look back at this time and gasp….how did we let this happen?

I feel myself so overwhelmed by global events, the urge to retreat into my comfort and privilege, yet knowing that now, more than ever, we must dedicate ourselves to a more beautiful world. We must turn to that, lead that, be that…speak truth, be integrity, respect Earth and all her creatures..

If not us…who? If not now…when?

Photo taken September 24th 2020