Something like a Beginning

It's January again... somehow. In case you're reading this somewhere from the distant future, we just got out of 2020 - a year of unbelievable crises. It started with wildfires in Australia that destroyed thousands of acres of land and everyone wanted to #savethekoalas. And then a pandemic began to ravage the world. Somehow the fact that there is a virus that has literally killed thousand up on thousands became politicized. So did the murders of people of color by police officers. There were protests and riots and.... nothing has changed yet. 2020 is also the final year of a certain unbecoming fellow's presidency. It's been a hell of a ride, and it's struggles aren't over just because it's not 2020 anymore.

I'm not here to blow politics, but to commune in our humanity. There's a singer-songwriter, a beautiful soul, that I really enjoy by the name of Kina. She wrote a lovely song called 'For Now'. In the song she sings:

Sometimes I think about the ones that we've replaced
All the millions underneath the burnt and waste
And I get sad, because of course we'll be the same
All of history collapsing in its wake

The message is that we're not on this planet for long. We'll come and go just like the millions before us. But we are all here right now together and that's got to mean something. It brings us together in a kind of community. A community of something near 8 billion. It's not a small community truthfully, but who else is going to support us if not for the others who are here with us. 

It's January again. A time of setting new goals and dreams. Some folks see January 1 as false sense of newness and beginning. But it's as good a time as any to start anew. It's more symbolic of a new start because we have a new calendar with a new number. It's a whole new time that we've never experienced.

Truly every day is new. A new beginning to start fresh. That's a mindset that I'm working to embrace. Because it's so easy to go "oh, another Tuesday. what do I do on Tuesdays?" and then do the same things with the same attitude as always. BUT - it's a different Tuesday. We've never lived this exact Tuesday before and we never will again. It's a fresh, new Tuesday with a new cup of coffee and a new wind blowing and a new chance to support your community and feel that love and support as well.

Let's treat each day as a beginning. That seems like something that could change our corner of the world. 

-DG

Listen to For Now - Kina Grannis here.