Front lines

As we stare at screens and listen to reports, it’s easy to forget: we are not on the front line.

Yes, we are on some front lines. But there are many battles and many fronts; we only experience a few of them.

Others are fighting on the front lines of issues and events about which we sometimes know very little.

May we remember that the front line is different. It’s harder. It’s riskier. It’s challenging in ways that don’t translate to text, audio, photos, and video.

So what do we do? We begin with a posture of respect and of empathy. Of trying to imagine the world through someone else’s eyes.

And we hope that others will afford us the same kindness.