Thanks to Norton II for his comment about lifeboats. It helped focus my attention regarding the importance of Americans working together on the problems we face.

People get into a life boat to escape from a life-threatening situation. They stay in the boat until they make it to safety or until help arrives. In our present crisis, there are no lifeboats because there is no safe place to go to and no one is coming to our rescue.

Like it or not, we are all in this together. We can choose to act as a team and create a better world or we can continue down the path we’ve followed to get to where we are today. In either case, we will live in what we create and share a common fate. Even though most Americans don’t buy drugs from Mexico, we all have to live with the problems caused by those who do.

Norton II also commented on the need for a new paradigm. Thinking about lifeboats has brought one to mind: that of Spaceship Earth.