Editor:
We live in difficult times, where humanity must not only deal with the ravages of the coronavirus, but with environmental degradation and many injustices throughout the world.
Yet, the light within the human spirit endures.
Within the cycles of darkness and light in the evolution of human civilization, I believe the darkness that now surrounds us is the midwife to humanity’s light being reborn in the renewed and gradual creation of a more caring world.
It is putting us back in touch with our own humanity and what truly matters - the love that we have for our families and friends, for every facet of our Earth and of our lives.
Whatever our differences, we are always connected to each other and to the rest of nature. Beyond the veil of separation our minds have created, we are part of one family, one spirit, and one living entity.
Therefore, to care for others is to care for ourselves, to care for ourselves is to care for others, and to care for the Earth is to care for all of us.
Beyond our wounds, our weaknesses and the graveyards of cynicism, all of humanity’s growing pains eventually lead to one place. The end point of our individual and collective evolution is our surrender and service to love.
The surrender and service to love that we now witness in our frontline workers - and that is required from each of us - is not only the path to ending this pandemic, but to creating the better world we all seek. Our service to love is the compelling reality at the centre of our lives, and the extent to which we meet that overriding, vital responsibility is up to each of us.
John Sbragia, Burnaby
