Lenticular Clouds – Photo: L. Weikel
Even the Clouds
We’ve known it was coming; this time of unrest and instability in our country. If we didn’t, we were either kidding (lying to?) ourselves or deliberately refusing to pay attention to everything going on around us. And if we think it’s all over now, that January 6th, 2021 was the worst expression we’d see of the rage and grievance that’s been simmering for over a century and stoked for the past four years, think again. Even the clouds are telling us: there’s a rough road ahead.
I started writing about what’s taken place so far and what is threatened over the next several days, but I deleted it. I don’t actually want to paint a picture with my words of the potential carnage (using that word deliberately) we may be forced to witness and endure.
I would rather float a beacon of hope on the waters of our collective disappointment, fear, and heartbreak over dreams dashed and hopes mocked. And the hope is this:
Through all of this, there has been one consistent liar. One person who, with a cadre of yes-people echoing his comments to give them greater volume, has tried to make everyone believe that the cause of their misery is someone else. And the fact is, right now, that liar, who has done everything he can to profit off their misery, is leaving them high and dry. My hope is that they will remove the veil from their eyes and see the truth – and instead of following through on what he’s stoked, step back and think twice.
Before it’s too late.
Lenticular Clouds
I believe the clouds that appeared on the horizon as we walked last Saturday, days after the 1/6/21 Trump Insurrection, were a metaphor for what we are experiencing right now.
Take a good look at these eerily shaped and exquisitely hued clouds. I confess I’m not a meteorologist, but they look, to me, like lenticular clouds. And I have to admit I was taken aback when I saw them, as I believe they are usually associated with mountains. (I’m most familiar with photos of lenticular clouds near the top of Mount Shasta.)
In fact, just before starting this post tonight, I looked up lenticular clouds just to see what I might find. The words used to describe them jumped out at me, given our collective circumstances.
Specifically, I read: “Lenticular clouds indicate great instability in that layer of the atmosphere, and form in areas of mountain waves. (…) It makes sense that it would be a ‘rough ride’. (…) If you see Lenticular clouds (standing wave clouds) you have visual proof the air above is very turbulent. Although pretty, those clouds are ‘mean’.” (emphasis added)
Holding the Vision
I’m still holding a vision for our country and our fellow citizens of a United States that becomes for real what we’ve always thought we were deep down inside.
We have within us the ability to transform into a thing of beauty. Sadly, it’s the transformation itself that many so deeply fear and resist. It’s going to take effort and dedication, courage and resilience to sustain the rough ride we’re on to get there.
Ultimately, we need to take care of each other. We need to love each other – at least enough to give our idealism a try. And if we can get to the place where we actually allow the light to come through – the fear and panic will melt away, and the turbulence will subside.
Let’s try to hold this vision in the coming days.
(T-315)