There are a variety of lessons coming out of Japan right now–in disaster preparedness, the stalwart nature of the Japanese people, nuclear power back-up systems (and the possible futility thereof); lessons too about the incredible bravery of nuclear plant personnel.
One of the most immediate teachings concerns the fragility of life (a lesson that for me, at least, is oft-repeated but little-absorbed.)
Whoosh!
How quickly one’s agenda become detritus around one’s feet.
How suddenly the “put-off” becomes the “no longer possible,” all those fault lines beneath our plans turning out to be, in fact, faulty.
Time to re-examine priorities. (Oh sure.) To figure out the difference between all that onerous stuff one tells one’s self one has to do, and all that onerous stuff one really does have to do.
This is very hard. All those tasks feel like a bull we’ve got by the horns.
Do we really need to fight so hard? (You try letting go.)
Will we actually be gored? (Maybe.)
Can we tame it?
Hard to know. Harder still to appreciate the view through the horns.
PS- I just thought that one way to tell the difference between the onerous tasks one thinks one has to do, and the onerous tasks one really does have to do may be to substitute the word “honorable” for onerous.
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