In the past few months, a number of events happened that have strengthened my belief that we will live and respect each other as we enter this Springtime.
The first event was on a trip I took with my companion Don Snyder, on which we crossed the flooded Mississippi. Water was rising and the banks held trees so distorted I ached for their inability
to stand upright, and the wetlands were so submerged I had to strain to see them.
The second was the toppling of the Notre-Dame Cathedral Spire Tower. It may seem strange that two such unrelated events seem bound together much less produce hope for the future.
I believe Mother Nature has the ability not only to inspire poetic words and art work but to tame human ambition if it brings harm. As many times as natural buffers and engineering devices try
to shore up coast lines, the river defends what is rightfully its own path.
When the Notre-Dame fire broke out I felt the anguish of losing so much history representing human creative ability and the horror we do to each other by closing down our ability to think.
So it is that I believe we can come together if we use the ability we have to think.
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