Divining Time: The Death Rattle of the Microcosm
As to the question of why there is so much delay, as far as Mary is concerned, it’s because she’s very busy. You might do well to ask yourself the same question. And I would ask you the same question. But we already know the answer. It’s because you are very, very busy. But rather than directing this question to one person, let’s zoom out and ask it universally. Why are we all so delayed? Why so disconnected? The answer is loud in its silence: Because weeeee are all so000000 busy That the orphan children of Gaza, and all other existential threats to the survival of humanity as a species on a living, breathing planet Can wait. They can wait for divine timing. They can wait for us to be less overwhelmed. They can wait for the war in our inboxes to settle down. They can wait… until it’s too late. We’ve become so trapped inside our personal microcosms, our schedules, our screens, our distractions, that there’s no time left for the macrocosm. And yet, the macrocosm? That’s what sustain...