These days, sometimes what I’m hearing is people trying to figure out who the enemy is.
Is the enemy
- a political party?
- a political leader?
- those telling us to practice social distancing?
- old habits?
- cognitive distortions?
- the news media?
- the virus itself?
- ourselves?
- those we see as different from us?
- confusion?
- mixed messages?
- hoarding?
- lies?
- the truth?
- greed?
- business?
- socialism?
- capitalism?
- fear?
- death?
Trying to figure out who the enemy is can take up a lot of energy.
When I look around, here, and now, I see no enemies. I see people trying their best to (1) figure out an ever-changing, unknown landscape and (2) get through this with minimal losses.
Do you see any enemies in my photos from yesterday?
Here is “The Enemy Inside” by Dream Theater:
And just to balance things out, here’s “You’ve Got a Friend” covered by my musical hero Jacob Collier, whom I am almost definitely not going to be able to see perform in Boston this May.
I’m sure I’ll see Jacob Collier in better days to come.
Who is going to comment on enemies, friends, or anything else below?
As this tea bag tells us …
… kindness has no enemy and neither does gratitude.