This image a friend posted on Facebook this morning truly stopped me in my tracks. I’ve often felt like I’m living in a bubble when I’m tucked cozily in my horse show world and focused on my sport and my career.
This morning, though, I listened to the president speak at Davos while I worked at my desk. I rarely if ever spend time watching TV or live broadcasts of politics, but I do subscribe to three newspapers and pick and choose articles to read each morning. I want to know what’s going on in the world to be informed, but most of the time it’s not specifically relevant to my daily life. For that, I’m fortunate.
More and more often over the course of the past year I’ve felt that my bubble was close to bursting. I’m straddling the line between wanting to live my normal life that, admittedly, is pretty comfortable, and being empathetic to those who are struggling and wondering how to help. It’s becoming clearer to me that our horse show bubble won’t keep us safe if our world changes dramatically.
Today was difficult. Listening to what’s happening in our world was frightening and downright devastating.