John, when you wrote, "When we do experience a crisis, the emphasis too often is on returning to stability or the status quo, although that is never truly possible," it prompted a thought and explained something for me.

I'm working with so many people who have been downsized recently. They did not anticipate it. They are not prepared. It breaks my heart for them. The signs were there. It is certainly not stupidity on their parts, but perhaps as you say, a strong desire to maintain "the status quo, although that is never truly possible." We all have our own curriculum. We must be there for each other.

P.S. The more of life I live, the more I appreciate my farm upbringing.