Greetings! An official day off from work is just what most of us do NOT want right now. We need to get back to our jobs, our income, our opportunities, our colleagues and friends, our normal lives. I encourage all of you to have faith, to think positively and recognize that thousands of scientists and health care workers and many others are working tirelessly to get us past this pandemic.
Meanwhile, though this is Labor Day rather than Memorial Day, I invite everyone to join me in honoring those who have passed on....in particular, I am speaking of military heroes who have served this nation and our ideals. This week we had to endure an unimagineable slam against these heroes from the top of our government. I am a proud Army veteran myself, and I suffered the loss of many, many friends and colleagues in warfare. So did my father, a Navy officer in World War II. On top of that, of course, we are all suffering from the loss of enormous numbers of people who have died because of coronavirus. At times it may seem like too much for us to bear.
But we are alive, we still have our talents and our values, our will to succeed and our love of country and of our fellow humans. So let's all do the best things we can do on Labor Day: first, stay safe and keep those around you safe, by wearing masks, by keeping your distance, by driving safely and using caution in whatever you are doing. Second, treat others as you would have them treat you. We all have a job to do to achieve equality among all people in this country. We all could use a little extra patience, tenderness, forgiveness, kindness. So let's all try to extend those things to those around us.
Finally, let's not give up. Let's work as one nation, one society, one species.......we can and will survive. We can and will always keep making it better for everyone. Peace,
James Gibson
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