Post script to ‘Enjoying the Ride’

“For the want of a shoe.........”

Gareth read the piece I posted today (‘Enjoying the Ride’) and asked me where I was going with it. Fair question, I suppose. I’d been wondering about whether I really am negative in the way my son says I am. His observation was made in a conversation we were having about what the future holds for the children and I confess, it’s something I worry about. I haven’t seen much recently to give me faith in humanity’s survival value, much as I would hope that we can survive, and in a world that we have nurtured back to good health. I do therefore feel it important to convey the urgency of our need not to return to the old normal, but when I do, my reasoning seems to create anxiety for my loved ones. I don’t want to scare them so what’s the best thing for me to do? All I can do, it seems, is hang on to hope, my stubborn optimism, and give love.

Dog daisies