With our country focused 24/7 on the coronavirus,
let’s take pause to think about all of the good in our world. Even though it’s not
covered by the media, peace, love, joy, and goodness is all around us.
Last night’s news showed an actual fight over a pack
of toilet paper. Yet today in my grocery store, I watched a young couple offer the
last pack of Charmin to an elderly woman. On my car radio, I heard an endless
list of cancellations—schools, sporting events, concerts, committee meetings,
community gatherings—even church. At home, I scanned through Facebook and found
an equally long list of people offering support—daycare for those impacted by
school closures, people swapping groceries and supplies, others extending an
empathetic ear.
Even though we’re bombarded by constant doom and
gloom, yesterday someone paid for my drink at Starbucks. My daughter sent a
video of my 3-year-old grandson ‘calling’ me on his baby monitor, and a friend
I haven’t talked with in months gave me a call.
People can use a lift now more than ever, so consider
what you can do to spread a little kindness and cheer. Bake cookies for your
neighbor. Offer to babysit or host a small gathering for friends who are
itching to get out. Call your mom. Send your niece a care package.
While we should absolutely take preventative measures
and use an abundance of caution to stay healthy, it’s time to shift some of our
focus and energy away from the virus. Otherwise, as country superstar Luke
Bryan states in his smash hit, “Most People Are Good,” “I believe if you just
go by the nightly news, your faith in all mankind would be the first thing you
lose.”
Instead of focusing on what’s going wrong, let’s shift
our attention to the generosity and goodness that abounds in our communities
and our world. And let’s show our appreciation by passing it on!
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