Value

Now that the entire world has had to shut down, the question of what is value looms large. We didn't think that we could stop using fossil fuels. We didn't think that we could stop consuming? We didn't think that employers would agree that they had no choice but to consider their businesses without our services. True values that have come to the fore have been the respect for each other and our loved ones. Respect for our Doctors and Nurses, yes. But also for our delivery workers and garbage collectors and a host of other positions that we take for granted and are at the bottom of the pay scale. My hope is that post covid-19, we continue to keep going in the direction the pandemic forced onto all of us. ............... I have a new angle on my friend's predicament. She is the parent after all. She does not have to be swayed by the attempts to manipulate her, no matter that they hold the purse strings, and even if they loosen their grip, my friend is her own person. Far be it to let their charity define who she is. It is easy for me to write this as it is not happening to me. But if what my friend says is indeed so...that she is always provided for, then I am certain that she can surmount the issues at hand.