I remember the old time pinball machines. They had this mechanism that stopped the game if you lifted the machine up to stop the ball rolling in a direction. It was appropriately called "tilt".
The world is on tilt right now.
I'm not sure who is lifting it up, but it has certainly stopped.
And as with any human effort, there are good things and bad things. Bad things abound in greed, anger, scams, the loss of human rights and poor leadership. Good things abound in love, care, comfort, sacrifice for others and crisis leadership.
Every day we are faced with the choice: to perpetuate the bad or the good.
Honestly, it's always that way, it's just that now - the stakes for our decisions are much higher.
So, choose well my friends and readers.
Choose good.
Choose love.
Choose care.
Choose sacrifice.
Choose wise leadership.
Choose to turn off the tv, and close the social media apps.
Choose to breathe, stretch and breathe again.
We will get through this, and we will be able to grieve together at our losses, laugh together at our survival, grow together as a human race once again.
But maybe, we will stop racing and start being again. Maybe, we will hold onto the tilt just a little longer, and discover a brave new world of unity and togetherness again.
It will soon be time to try that quarter again and get the ball rolling.
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