“We live in a perpetually burning building, and what we must save from it all the time is love.” (Tennessee Williams) It might seem as tho we in America are in a fiercely burning building…the pandemic, political and social unrest, lack of direction. Tennessee Williams suggests that love is the only way to rescue humanity. It can be tough to love those we disagree with, or those who cause pain to ourselves or others. Who are you going to give love to today? ;-) Jack
FROM NORM'S BLOG: Williams’ comparison of life to a burning building may be a bit dramatic; but, it serves the purpose of asking the question, “what is important to you…what would you save?”
When people who have faced a disaster like a fire or a flood
are interviewed on TV they are often asked what they took with them from
their homes. Aside from pets, the answers most often given concern family
pictures or other memorabilia that related to family, such as a family Bible.
Those are objects that relate to the history of the family. As the interview
goes deeper and looks to the future the love that was salvaged from the
disaster is most often mentioned – loved ones who were spared and the love of
the town or area in which they reside. It is hard for some to understand why
someone who has been flooded out multiple time continues to want to rebuild and
go on living in that same location. Simply put, they love it there. The perpetually burning building that we find ourselves in today
is fueled by the Corona Virus Pandemic. Everything has changed, yet all is
still physically the same. The flames of this disaster have signed our
lifestyles and destroyed most of the patterns and traditions that we enjoyed.
Having stripped away almost everything else that we used to do, the flames of
this virus now lick away at our relationships, hoping to also interfere with
them. It is most important that we not let that happen; that we remain strong
in our love and support for one another, even in cases where we cannot be
together.
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