Diary 80
Diary 80
Saturday, June 6th
Today was the 76th anniversary of D-Day – the turning point in the war against fascism, many would argue. I wish we could say that struggle was over.
The lockdown is easing in some places, but please, people, let’s make sure we do our research. The death rate of those known to be infected is, in Massachusetts, 104 per 100k people – about one in a thousand. In Hawaii the rate is 1 person per 100k, or one hundred times less. Not all locations are equal.
Children in my area continue to leave little ‘love notes’ to passers by.
Today saw the biggest protests so far converge in several cities. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to join by evening, and for each one who does we must surely know that another 12 to 15 people wish they were there but couldn’t go. I won’t know until tomorrow, when I post this, if the situation remained calm. Some days I’m afraid to look at the news.
A point that occurs to me is this: no one is born hating others and no one is born acting recklessly. Almost everyone is reasonable and loving at heart. Let’s try to operate from that space as much as we can. Let’s remember who we are.
