Sphere of Worry

The world is getting smaller.   It’s getting strangely smaller sometimes when we worry about things that aren’t even remotely close to us simply because they’re close to us from a media perspective.  I’ll give you an example that’s in the middle of happening right now.

There is a hurricane that landed in Florida.   We live in North Carolina.    The projected path for the hurricane was hitting just the south eastern tip of our state.   It wasn’t even projected to get close to where we live.    The weather forecast for our city was rain—not hard rain, not heavy rain, not high winds, just rain.  

We have a board retreat tomorrow.   The retreat is in town, with trustees who all live in town who only need to drive to the campus to attend the retreat.    And yet there was a question if we should cancel the retreat—two days before it was scheduled—because there was a hurricane states away.

There is significant impact from the hurricane, it’s just not near us.   But the media coverage makes it feel closer than it is.    Our sphere of worry is getting smaller as our world is of media is shrinking.

The Big Boy Update:  My son had a dream the other night he wanted to tell me about.   He’s told me about dreams before but this was the first time he was someone else in his dream and realized he had been someone other than himself as he was dreaming.   It was interesting hearing him describe his dream.

The Tiny Girl Chronicles:  My daughter and her friend, Madison, apparently ran a bath and may or may not have had a bath this afternoon.   Clothes were changed, towels were wet and re-hung, but no one could confirm if a bath actually happened or not, even though I walked into the bathroom as they were draining the tub.