From “Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart” by Brian D. McLaren
Normal is so easy to take for granted. Our climate and environment, our political and economic systems, our social norms and institutions, our hospitals and schools, our can-do spirit and our shared spirituality – they seem as dependable as electricity, running water, and the availability of Google and Amazon. But one hurricane or wildfire, one terrorist attack or coup; one election result, or one voice making one declaration of war; one middle finger pressing one fateful button; one bacterium or virus against which we have neither immunity nor vaccines, and everything normal is pounded to wreckage and washed away in a surging storm of change.
We can’t believe we ever took for granted something as precious as “normal”.