Hi, Page:)

Timely and useful post about something that is becoming rather commonplace.

We are called upon to react and you have given us a good list of elements to move us from stunned inaction to thoughtful and intentional action ... always a good direction.

While everything on the list is essential, I particularly like your third one:  "Listen Wisely".  My experience is that we do not always do this, especially when the cause of the trauma is politically or religiously based, rather than a random act of nature or a crime.

Especially now, with multiple tragedies having occurred over the past few weeks around the world, some as recently as yesterday, we might be forgiven for feeling a little "shell-shocked".

To "Listen Wisely", as you tern it, seems awfully important now, since decisions have been and will be made that have long-term and serious consequences for many people ... we owe it to ourselves, our loved ones, those others, their loved ones, and to the planet to not react from fear, mistrust, or misinformation.

I keep putting myself in the place of a father trying desperately to keep his family safe and together in some parts of the world.  While parenting is a challenge in all times and places, it is much on my mind and in my prayers of late.

Thanks for adding a voice of reason to the discussion ... I hope that others listen and share this, because we need compassionate and thoughtful discernment now.

John