Yesterday, one of my clients asked me if I thought life would get back to normal, and if so, when. Not sure what to tell her. For what it's worth, I've been hearing this question since the COVID shutdowns in 2021. People are desperate for things to get back to some semblance of safe and quiet. Our minds and bodies tell us we need this, while each news cycle reveals a world that gets scarier by the minute.
Folks mostly come in three flavors: Smug Sore Winners, Apathetic, and Outraged. The first of the three can't wait to storm some illusory castle they see as rightfully theirs. Stepping on the necks of people they see as in their way is just gravy. The middle group isn't just trying to keep the home fires burning. They want to pretend nothing out of the ordinary is happening and as long as they are holding their hands over their ears and chanting, "La! La! La! La! La!"
The final group is the Outraged. I get why they feel that way. To see people raging at each other because someone told them to when they have far more in common with the people they hate than the people they listen to is tragic. The violence that is fomenting on both sides makes some of feel sick and sad for our people.
There's a part of me that wants to go to Minnesota if it secedes, but not to live in Minneapolis or St. Paul. I want to go to Lake Woebegone where the biggest news might be the discovery of recipe theft at the Lutheran pot lucks. That's right. Lena knows something and she's not talking! I know it's not a real place. Same goes for The Village of Nothing Much and Dog River. When my friends' older kids tell me they wish they could live in those places and they're serious, I know we need to do better for them and the young'uns they're going to bring into this world.
Folks mostly come in three flavors: Smug Sore Winners, Apathetic, and Outraged. The first of the three can't wait to storm some illusory castle they see as rightfully theirs. Stepping on the necks of people they see as in their way is just gravy. The middle group isn't just trying to keep the home fires burning. They want to pretend nothing out of the ordinary is happening and as long as they are holding their hands over their ears and chanting, "La! La! La! La! La!"
The final group is the Outraged. I get why they feel that way. To see people raging at each other because someone told them to when they have far more in common with the people they hate than the people they listen to is tragic. The violence that is fomenting on both sides makes some of feel sick and sad for our people.
There's a part of me that wants to go to Minnesota if it secedes, but not to live in Minneapolis or St. Paul. I want to go to Lake Woebegone where the biggest news might be the discovery of recipe theft at the Lutheran pot lucks. That's right. Lena knows something and she's not talking! I know it's not a real place. Same goes for The Village of Nothing Much and Dog River. When my friends' older kids tell me they wish they could live in those places and they're serious, I know we need to do better for them and the young'uns they're going to bring into this world.
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