Under Siege

"When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude."

Gilbert K. Chesterton

This no longer feels like a quarantine.

I am starting to feel as if we are under siege.

The quarantine was obnoxious.

Now it feels oppressive.

It's time for grown up people to start being grown ups. That means getting back to life as we want to live it.

It means making responsible choices and decisions.

There are those who will choose to remain cloistered until some expert tells them that it is 100% safe to come out of quarantine.

Good luck to them.

It's their choice. I for one do not know who that so called expert will be and what makes them so damn sure that they have the answers.

They haven't had them up until now.

There must be a pathway to normalcy.

I saw an email from my place of employment outlining some new procedures and protocols we may be instituting when we re-open.

If this is going to be the way we have to function to open, I may just have to opt to stay closed.

Here's what I know.

The "pandemic" numbers in Atlantic County are significantly lower than in Bergen County.

The numbers in Iowa are much different than in New York.

Even within New York, the difference between the metro area and Upstate are completely different.

Marshall law is not the answer.

Intelligent,responsible leadership is.

End this siege.

It's time!