Pulling together for future

Despite our current dire circumstances, I felt a strange flash of hope today. After hours of creating eLearning lessons for my homebound students, I hurried outside to enjoy the warm, sunny day on my bike.

I was amazed by how many others were also taking solace in the simplicity of nature and how much they all seemed to want some human connection, albeit at a distance. I have never had so many people wave, shout hello, and simply smile at me during a ride.

It seems like we are all craving this simple connection with our fellows more than ever even as we stay at home in isolation to try to slow down the coronavirus. I started to wonder, if we can pull together to make it through this crisis, can we also pull together to tackle the next looming threat of climate change?

Can we remember how many have suffered and sacrificed this time and take action to avoid the similarly dire consequences of ignoring that danger to our world? That precious and fragile world that we must join together to protect? I so hope that we can.

Karen Campbell

Bolingbrook