thoughts, feelings or motives, is in fact utterly
Continued from page 7 encountering this situation for the very first time too, make their own choices, their decisions are bound to like the rest of us. I genuinely believe that no one is decisions, but I can’t force them on others if our best they can not only for themselves and their own, will be overwhelmed, governments will be overturned,
a testament to what bad people we are. It’s a and the only thing left to do is to protect our own,
be ill-informed. I can be responsible for my own
and doing the best they can with uncertain data just
acting with malice, that everyone is trying to do the
leaders are unwilling to take choice out of the but for others as well. The fact that we’re failing isn’t
I can be angry at our leaders (and I am, oh my yes, testament to how quickly this situation is evolving
equation.
I am) but it’s irrelevant. It doesn’t change the and the lag time we suffer as we struggle to adapt.
my energy to calm my children and completely government at any level. I won’t blame the business
human brain instead of my prey-animal brain I the tourists who will likely bring this virus to the Big
outcomes, but only wastes my valuable energy. I need
reorder my life and my household. When I use my
realize that our government officials, governors,
commissioners, hoteliers and the people coming here
to my backyard to quarantine themselves are
unaware of our existence. The virus is turning the
world upside down, and whether our response is
perfect or an utter failure, people will die, hospitals
and economies will collapse. The change has come,
which is the human race as a whole, and try to do
better next time. We will pick up the pieces
This is where the love comes in. I won’t blame the eventually—maybe next month, maybe next year—
owners who are fighting to stay open. I won’t blame together to make a better picture than we had before.
Bend. I won’t blame myself, either, for my imperfect
response to things, because I’m neither a saint nor a
superman. I will blame the virus, which has no
B IG B END
R EALTY
Barbara Trammell
and when we do, it’ll be up to us to put them back
Good luck out there, everybody. When given a
choice, choose the love over the loathing. I can’t wait
to be with my community again. n
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