Rosanne Bostonian

March 10, 2021

Let’s Use What We Can See

trees in a swamp

If there was a set of circumstances that would expose anything about us that needed healing, here it is. We have a combination of dark, cold winter, insurrection and COVID.

There are only two choices: we can feel like victims, out of control, or we can “elevate” and see all of this as an opportunity.

Former President Trump said he would drain the swamp. Maybe the swamp was a lot deeper than he knew! And maybe we do not see our individual contributions to the moral bankruptcy that was exposed in his administration.

In every drama, there is a villain and a hero. The tension between those characters creates the story line. In that tension we see truth surface despite the intention of the characters.  Without the “villain,” the counterpoint of heroism cannot exist.

In Texas, the short-sightedness of leaders has left the population in a disaster. Maybe some of the deals made by people in power could be hidden 99% of the time, but oh that 1%!

When the norm is skewed in a direction, let us say by those with belief systems that are extreme, that percentage of cases that exist outside of the norm also become more extreme. The measure of that extreme was seen on January 6th when the notion of insurrection seemed to some a logical, constructive step.  I still envision that gallows with the Capitol in the background.

Finally, with COVID we have exposed the inequities of wealth as it impacts health. We also can see that there is no hiding from the preying viruses that are part of the biome. We are part of the biome too. When we see how universal effects can be, maybe it awakens us to global warming and that there will be no hiding from that either.

Mr. Trump exposed the swamp as never before. Now it is our job to use what can see for the greater good.

With love, Rosanne Bostonian

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