Some might think it a simple bout of emotionalism on my part, wishful thinking or an illusory flight of fancy, but I think that if the whole universe can appear
I don’t know how to explain the rushes of optimism that sometimes come surging through my mornings such as occurred today.
… It can’t be the economy, because prices are still going up, manufacturing is down, unemployment is rising, and home values are shrinking. … It’s not because the pandemic’s over, despite a presidential pronouncement to that effect two months ago. Last week there were 290,000 new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. , 25,000 people that were sent to the hospital, and 2,400 that died. The case rate is up, the transmission rate is out of control, and the five subvariants that now are predominate, are the most contagious strains yet and impervious to our previous best defenses.
And we’re still not making the connection between all that stuff and the extreme multi-billion dollar weather events that come along every few weeks or so now, wreaking havoc on homes, families, communities, ecosystems and the economy. So, if it’s none of those things, what then lies behind the why, when and how of the sudden surges of optimism that grab me and pull me into the rushing current, carrying me beyond the bounds of my already-optimistic self outlook and demeanor and leaving me with an elevated and expanded sense of calm and confidence, possibility and opportunity, appreciation and gratification?
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