Seeing Glimmers of Hope
Before the pandemic we all took so many things for granted. We just assumed that every little club, bar, restaurant, theatre, and social or shopping venue would always be there. Maybe we'll go there tomorrow, we thought, or maybe next week. But so many small "mom 'n pop" shops and restaurants have closed and our tomorrow never came.
But there’s HOPE! On today’s podcast episode Debi and I talk about the many signs of hope we see all around us, and there’s a lot. We also talk about what we’ve learned and how we want to carry those lessons forward into the next phase of our “new normal”.
The Broadway show Come From Away is the little-known story of the passengers on 38 planes that we diverted on 9/11 to Gander, Newfoundland when the American airspace was suddenly closed after the tragic events of that day. Suddenly nearly 7,000 people from all over the world landed in the small town—nearly doubling its size—and they needed food, showers, beds, and (most importantly) phones. They were stranded in a strange place with people who didn’t speak their language but who spared nothing to give the “come from aways” a safe place for a few days.
As we talked about the show and the way people cared for one another following the attacks on America, I couldn’t help but get very weepy. 2020 was full of anger and division, but we are capable of so much more! We are hopeful that goodness and kindness lies ahead.
Love one another better.