Which way to normal?

"The question now begs to be asked - which way to normal? Is our former normal possible, or have we entered an era of a new normal. One of my friends thinks our differences have been exasperated by spiritual warfare. Maybe so. Maybe it is just as simple as good versus evil. Whatever it is which divides us, seems to be winning right now. And that is not good, not good at all."

A few days ago, one of friends sent me a graphic showing an eagle flying. The script on the graphic was interesting. It said something like "It does not matter if you are the left wing or the right wing, we are all part of the same eagle." Good point. But that only lasted so long. The past few days, there have been a multitude of different people on the internet (some from Congress) saying the Charlie Kirk killing was the last straw. We can't live with each other. We need a national divorce.

One person said, "Please don't tell me we need to talk together more. We tried that using Charlie Kirk, and you shot him". Truthfully - I was astonished by the number of people on the right who are ready to throw in the towel when it comes to getting along. Then there was the Kash Patel hearings this week with both the House and Senate. I watched (or listened) to as much of that as I could stand. To say there was an odor of hatred in the room while the hearings were going on would be an understatement. We are long past ungovernable - now we are in the land of antipathy, or worse.

Years ago, a friend of mine whose marriage was falling apart, decided to still live with his wife, even though there was no relationship left to salvage. In fact, they were not even on speaking terms. I asked him once how he could do it. He said they were two people, living in the same house. Period. They did not eat together. They did not talk together. They did not sleep together. Their home became like a boarding house. No more, no less.

That sums up our nation, at this point in time. The shirts and the skins. The Ying and the Yang. Pluses and minuses. Oil and water. Who broke the bond? The agreement that we would always be "out of many, one"? It does not matter at this point in time. All that matters is the only love we have for our fellow countrymen depends upon the color of the shirt.

The question now begs to be asked - which way to normal? Is our former normal possible, or have we entered an era of a new normal. One of my friends thinks our differences have been exasperated by spiritual warfare. Maybe so. Maybe it is just as simple as good versus evil. Whatever it is which divides us, seems to be winning right now. And that is not good, not good at all.