Talking About It

[Pandemic - I]

As truth-tellers, people like us use whatever public platform we have to say hard things.

That means at a bare minimum we begin talking about the practical, concrete, daily layers of our lives that lead to and encourage real suffering. That also means we talk about the practices we must change immediately to thwart a sequel to the level of instability we currently face.

How did we get here? How do we immediately change moving forward?

And, I don’t mean "to mask wear" or "not to mask wear". Wearing masks, while important and life-saving, is the foam on the surface of a sea of other topics we still—still!—avoid discussing openly.

Talking about mental health is no longer an option.
Talking about physical health and profiting from sickness are no longer an option.
Talking about food systems and diet and immunology are not longer an option.
Talking about climate change, stewardship, and conservation are not longer an option.
Talking about economic imbalance and local economies are no longer an option.
Talking about neighborhood resilience is no longer an option.
Talking about justice, religion, and how they do/don’t line up is no longer an option.

Let’s talk.