A World That Has Been Turned Upside Down

Earlier this week, as I watched coverage of the current elections, my mind wandered to thoughts of how everything can be changed forever in a single moment and how fragile life really is. Many turned away from the news stories and buried themselves in other programming but I don’t really think that it is because they didn’t care or weren’t concerned. Rather I think that it was because they didn’t want to confront the reality of what the impact had on their own personal lives and didn’t know how to deal with everything.

“I truly believe that this is the nature of most human beings in times of crisis that everyone helps everyone else in whatever manner they can.”Barbara Jacoby

I know how truly fortunate I am. I know that the most important thing in my life has always been God and then the other people who I choose to have around me. I have the best husband in the world and I absolutely treasure the person that he is and the love and caring that he gives to me every single day. I have only a few family members left and they live on the other side of the country but I know that they are always there for us and that is something that money can’t buy. I have wonderful friends and we all look out for one another. All of that means more to me than I could ever express. And that is when I realized that if something devastating happens, with my husband and our families and friends, we would be just fine.

The reason I know that is that I have seen the power of people united before. I have seen people gather and help one another at times of crisis. No, I am not naïve enough to believe that everyone is that way. I have seen the other side of humanity. But, even at the time when I was living alone, I did have three other friends who had joined me in my home and we all hung in there together until an immediate danger had past and it was once again safe to leave the area. And when we left, one of those friends took me to his family’s home where I stayed until it was safe to return to my own place.

It was in that moment when I realized that I really had nothing to fear. As has happened in the past, I would once again be protected by the Almighty God and be surrounded by people who would all help each other and those who quite often put the safety of others ahead of their own and those who have compassion and caring to soothe those who are frightened and those who would contribute everything they have to the good of everyone around them. After all, I truly believe that this is the nature of most human beings in times of crisis that everyone helps everyone else in whatever manner they can.