Creating our future — choosing how we respond to this pandemic crisis

When faced with a major crisis (as the world is now), there are primarily two ways to react. One is to be compassionate and look to see how we can improve the world. The other is to focus the fear and blame on people and to use the crisis to perpetuate hate. The choice is ours to make.

In this short essay, I will give a brief sweeping history of responses to crises, an overview of observations as to how we are currently reacting to this current crisis brought on by the covid-19 pandemic, and conclude with some…