Does anyone else feel we've fallen into a "lull" period--where the world is still pretty terrible, but plenty of personal routines are now normalizing after coming out of more intense phases of pandemic?
Tons of friends are consumed with work & community functions as if we were back in 2019. It's interesting, because we still have a heck of a struggle ahead, but after having had *time* to reflect on that struggle, the cadence of everyday living has reasserted itself. Are we less ready to act?
The quiet heroism of carrying on.
@ceorl :) Wise words.
They put me in mind of Stephen Baxter's "Last Contact": a poignant reminder that, even if the end were actively on the way, the greatest store of dignity and courage would lie in simply going about our lives - but with more care to cherish every detail that's made precious our fleeting time in the cosmos at all.