We’re not flying? Good.
We’re working from home? Good.
Soon money will run low and we’ll stop shopping. Good. As long as we can get enough to eat.

There are so many not-good, very bad, seriously horrible things about this pandemic. And not much of an up-side; but it does exist, and maybe it helps a little to think about that.

We’re staying home, keeping physical distance, trying to save lives. We’re letting nonviolent offenders out of prison. The unsustainable economy of limitless growth is stalling. Good. Limitless growth is not health; it’s cancer.

We’re using less fossil fuels. Pollution is dropping. We knew we had to reduce our carbon footprint to be able to moderate and survive climate change. We did not imagine this would be the way to achieve it. Maybe, though, knowing it was necessary might have prepared us to take the steps we have recently taken to moderate and survive COVID-19.

We will need to rebuild when the worse of this crisis is over. With luck and sufficient global consciousness, we will build a greener, more equitable, kinder world.

Now is the time to rethink everything.