Love

I hoped that wouldn’t have to write this. And I’ve been struggling with how to write it. Words come easy for me. Feelings come easy for me.

I went to bed last night and woke up this morning, wondering if there was a way through words that I could find to make you feel better. To take away the fear. Because I love you guys so very much.

If you’re reading this, you’re part of this community that we created. And if you’re reading this for the very first time, you’re still part of this place. And y’all have helped me get through some stuff.

And I’m trying to be there right back. And I just don’t know how.

Started sending text messages to friends and colleagues this morning. I sent so many. Still there wasn’t enough.

A friend of mine responded with this quote that I want to share:

Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.

That feels about right.

Look wherever you are, and whether we know each other or not, please know that you are important to me, and that we are in this together. You were going to have friends and colleagues who are struggling today. Maybe you are struggling. Please know that I am struggling too.

But as I told a friend this morning, all we have in this world is each other. Just knowing that you are out there for me to write to means the world to me. You mean the world to me.

We will find our way through this. Together.

Jason