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Where were you watching the solar eclipse Monday? I was sitting in our driveway. Not very adventurous (as opposed to others in my family who drove to be in the path of totality). But it served its purpose as Ben and I wore the appropriate eyewear and looked at the moon passing before the sun. The next one to happen is in 2044 and, my goodness, the realization has hit me that if I am still here I will be 87! Whew!
What struck me as most profound about the eclipse was that for those minutes, there was a sense of unity in the country. We were looking in the same direction. We stopped schools, emptied businesses, came out of our homes and all looked toward the sky with a sense of awe at Creation. There was nothing to be done to speed up, to slow down, to fix, to say. Just watch. Enjoy. Dream.
As I reflect I am reminded of these words spoken by President John Kennedy in 1963: “So, let us not be blind to our differences—but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by which those differences can be resolved. And if we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.”
And I pray that humanity finds the courage and desire to seek unity and learn to look in the same direction, toward the Creator, who by grace, gives us the very air we breathe.
See you Sunday,
Lori
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