We are at a good place in history, and we are at that good place because we are facing adversity together. It is sad to think that many had to die to spur us to action, but good times don’t seem to move us forward as a people, bad times do.
Getting through the pandemic of COVID-19 requires working together as a people, so people are wearing face masks, not to protect themselves, but to protect others. Recognizing the injustices done to others, exemplified by the deaths of George Floyd and many innocent blacks at the hands of the police, Americans are marching to safeguard the rights, not just of themselves, but of others.
I am amazed that people of all walks of life in America are standing together in affirmation that the dignity of all human beings is important. But I am more amazed at the speed with which this unity has coalesced. Perhaps that’s not quite the way to put it. For many of us, this has taken a very long time to come together, but once it began to jell, it seemed it was just waiting to happen.
