Juno News - Everything is going to be alright

00:00:00.000 There's a lot of fear, concern, anxiety going on all across the country when it comes to

00:00:10.320 coronavirus health issues, when it comes to the state of the economy, or the turmoil that we see

00:00:15.400 on our streets in some cities in North America almost seeming to descend into civil war. And I

00:00:21.160 think there's too many people out there, politicians, voices in the media, more than happy to goad it

00:00:25.660 all on, and not enough people saying, it's going to be all right, we will solve our problems, we will

00:00:30.760 make it through this. And I was reflecting on this, not because of anything some politician was saying,

00:00:35.780 but some interactions, conversations I've been having with regular people recently, offering

00:00:39.920 their words of wisdom. I was speaking to one lady who I respect a lot about the back-to-school question.

00:00:44.680 She's sending her kids back to school, I'm sending mine. Now the fact I'm sending my kids back should

00:00:48.880 tell you that I'm not overly concerned about it, but of course any issue could flare up at any time.

00:00:54.040 And this lady, she wisely said, we will solve these problems as they arise. We will cross those

00:01:00.120 bridges as we come to them. Everything's going to be all right. And it was so refreshing to hear

00:01:05.680 someone speak like that. Likewise, I had a gentleman who listens to my radio show. He sent me an email,

00:01:10.380 an older gentleman saying, look, his parents went through World War II. They went through all of

00:01:14.300 these challenges. He went through the Vietnam War. So many different things that have affected the

00:01:19.060 generations that came before us. And they ultimately dealt with those problems. They prospered

00:01:23.940 they thrived. Yes, some people are going to get sick. People are going to face hardships. But

00:01:28.360 together as a community, as a society, as human civilization, we continue to step forward. We

00:01:33.880 continue to make these advances. And I think it's so important right now that we hear those reassuring

00:01:39.440 words. Maybe those young people out in the streets who are really spending their energies in ways that

00:01:43.860 they probably shouldn't be doing. They can put them to better use. I think a lot of those young people

00:01:47.840 need to be told these words of wisdom. And we're not getting it from political leadership right now.

00:01:53.600 We're not getting it from voices in the media. I know there's a lot of people concerned. What

00:01:57.960 direction is our politics heading? There's a lot of anxiety with all of that. But I do ultimately

00:02:02.640 believe in human innovation and industriousness and that we have a lot more similarities than we do

00:02:07.840 differences. You're not hearing that right now. And it's shameful and it's disappointing. But we got

00:02:12.740 to look to those reassuring voices where we can. And those words of wisdom from older generations or

00:02:17.840 from people who are just not being represented right now in those voices that you see out there

00:02:22.760 dominating politics, dominating media. And let's hope that soon changes.

Juno News - September 04, 2020