‽istis reclaims waiting* (weekending December 5th 2020)
This week ‽istis is waiting…
‽ for a deal or no
deal in the UK and Europe, just how far can no island really be an island - and
to see whose narrative of blame, victory or defeat may possibly later prevail
‽ for the vaccines - and to
see perhaps who might actually be the ‘we’ in ‘no-one is safe until we are all
safe’
‽ to see if Covid-19 and the
response proves to be a distraction from, or a fresh-revealing spotlight on -
what perhaps is, was and has long been the existential threats everyday
to so many individual children and adults, families, communities, regions,
species flora and fauna, ecosystems – the very planet…
‽ to see how far a ‘new normal’
might end up looking rather like the old normal - even though perhaps, possibly, maybe we have been reminded that, if we will:
· international organisations can
·
governments can
·
science can
·
politics can
·
we can
Perhaps, possibly, maybe – this Advent (if it means
something to some of us/you), we might stop waiting for the cavalry of a specific
nativity, for the cavalry of Calvary (if a Christian persuasion is yours), for
any exogenous source of salvation in the present or future while we live or
when we die… and consider that perhaps there
may be simply here and now and us, and that this might also
just be enough - if we could but imagine it and realise it; what would it take –
a pandemic or something…‽
*and
gets a bit preachy; apologies!
© Pistis
NB: further reflections and comments linked to this
week’s theme and past blog
entries to be found on Twitter: replies, retweets (which don’t necessarily
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