Personing

It's a bit of a challenge to be a person online. And in general--in what we call "in real life"--too. Or so it feels these days, as the world becomes more violent. Or perhaps I mean this: as the world's violence touches me more directly. That distinction, as well as the fact that the world's violence feels ever closer, gives me an opportunity to reflect and learn. Which I hope to continue to do--and here I would say "for the foreseeable future," except that the definition of "foreseeable future" has also changed. Although I've foreseen many elements of today's present, back when those elements were what I thought were only dire distant future possibilities, I didn't actually believe that they'd become the present. Yet here we are. And I'm happy to still be here, still learning.