Breaking the tension
A hard rain fell last night, thunder and lightening and a deluge that washed over the whole city. It was a break that was needed. I was at Swirl the other day picking up some crackers and a bottle of wine for my neighbor when a bottle fell off the counter and shattered. They were about to begin their tasting and I said good, got the breakage over early and so the tension is gone. I drove to my mom’s the next day and saw a car nail another car in a bad accident. Then was on the phone with S and witnessed my neighbor backing out into another car – smacking it.
There has been a lot of bang, pow, boom the past few days – easing the tension that is in the air. Obama is under siege for not doing this fast enough or that good enough. The global economy is in the worst shape it has been in for decades. People are losing jobs and tension is mounting.
The breaks are moments to pull your awareness center. I read about a bill being passed called 3 feet away in Louisiana brought about after a young cyclist training for a triathlon was hit by a truck. The truck driver said he turned his eyes away for a moment, now he lives with the blood of this young, promising doctor on his soul.
Helmets need to be worn. Cellphones need to be off. Money needs to be saved. These are all the warnings that are telling us we were living too fast, too much, too soon.
The world is taking a collective deep breath and it needs to hold it in for a while and exhale slowly, very slowly, before we can get ourselves center again.