There has been more bashing and negativity happening online than usual in the past few weeks. With the formula shortage, the heat and inflation raging we all have reasons to be stressed.
We have to be able to be there for each other when systems aren't up to scratch. That means trying to put ourselves into the shoes of others. Understanding where people are coming from. You are all trying your best, but it is important to not lose our tempers with each other. We are all we have sometimes.
If there is one thing I have learned from the rolling set of crises that we have been through as a community it is that we all need help. We all need love, and compassion, and to recognize that we are not the same, but that we are all human. I share this with all of you now, because I appreciate you. I know that some of us struggle more than others during this crisis. I know that the economically disadvantaged and the minority members of our society have been harder hit by this crisis than some of us, than me, and I know that it is sometimes hard to see outside our own bubble, but I see you. I appreciate you all for all you do, and while we do not always understand what others are going through, I know that we are willing to listen. I am willing to listen.
We must not be afraid to ask each other for guidance or help and that starts with having a mindset of being ready to listen. It is we the community who must stand together again as we did in the early days of the pandemic. We are better than our differences, and I can see that it is easy to blame others for the problems of the world, but even when there is a guilty party, we cannot let that turn us off from the bigger picture. We cannot let ourselves give up hope and turn to cynicism. I see that hope in all of you. I see the hope for our future. There is no politics, there is only us. We are not Democrat or Republican, Socialist or Capitalist. We are human. We are community. We are that ray of light shining through to our future. We are hope.