Is it a losing battle? I suspect that’s the wrong metaphor. This isn’t a game or a war that is won or lost once and for all. This is an iterative process, a story that unfolds “through many dangers, toils, and snares,” booms and busts, losses and recoveries. It requires heroic persistence. It requires a death to pride, a death to hero narratives, and a commitment to do what’s right even when the odds are stacked strongly against success. Truth be told, it’s a perpetual process of evolution that unfolds in a time span that makes my little lifetime seem like a lightning bug’s flash.
