Resilience Building in Chaotic Times

If you are anything like me

you can feel the tensions that are so alive in these times

you can feel how profoundly the challenges in front of us

are shaping the character of your relationships

the content of your conversations

the way you look at the other

and decide whether they are with you or against you.

It is an active unraveling of the fabric of community

this act of dividing people

into the ones with whom you agree

and the ones with whom you do not. 

How can you respond to the deep and growing divisions among people today? 

It can be challenging 

to see beyond the difference

to see what you share

and to feel a sense of togetherness

in this ever so isolating culture. 

How can you choose, despite the separations, to cultivate meaningful relationships, even with the ones with whom you disagree? 

Reweaving the fabric of community is a choice. 

Choosing to see what you share opens the possibility to connect.