It’s crazy to think of how quickly we’ve come to accept certain things. Our borders are closed and we can no longer freely travel. We also are no longer allowed to assemble. Social media and video chat are the encouraged means of communications - heavily monitored by ethically challenged corporations and probably governments (h/t to Edward Snowden).
Efforts considered environmentally conscious are now discouraged: Do not bring your own bags to market, Do not use refillable mugs, Do not take public transportation, if you can drive - and yet the environment seems to be so much better.
Meanwhile after criticizing Muslim women’s face covering, we now require everyone’s face to be covered when out in public. Which interestingly enough seems to confound face recognition, not to mention option of gloves that mess with fingerprint readers.
I’ve avoided the speculative articles on how things will be different in the post-COVID world, but seeing some changes already in place, I’m not convinced it will all be positive. We’ll have some opportunities to be sure, but there is still plenty of fear and suspicion to subvert them. I don’t know when living in an intentional community ever sounded better to me than right now and perhaps that’s a sign that now’s the time to let my intentions be known.
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