Tonight makes it a year since I started this daily blog, so happy birthday dear blog, happy birthday to you.
Would I have expected to be still doing this a year on – not really – I had hoped we would be a bit further ahead. But then who knew what things would turn out like.
We have got away fairly lightly from this pandemic. I know it may not feel like it. This week I found out about an old friend that had died. Another smiling face I won’t see again. But it really could have been much worse. A little nudge one way or another and the outcome could have been much much worse. It could even have been something that broke society.
In fact it still could be – so make sure you stay safe.
This is where our society is. We are pushing the limits of the planet. Unless we change our behaviour we will face more pandemics – and maybe much worse ones.
Despite the ideas of building back better I have only seen window dressing so far. It seems to me that we are like naughty children – pushing the boundaries of what we can do, then stepping back when we get spotted, only to go back to pushing again when we think the coast is clear.
Will we grow up in time?