insights from a car wreck

We had just finished a trip to Bass Pro shop with a couple of the grandkids when we saw it, a car violently rolling over and over down interstate. We pulled over and I got out running to help. Others were stopping and we were all working as fast as possible to check on the people involved and helping those upside down in the car to get out. Thankfully, no one was severely hurt.

As I left I realized what I had just witnessed. First of all how deliciate the line seperating life and death, health and injury. Second, at the scene we were not white people or black people or hispanic or oriental. All of those were there, but we were just people, helping one another in a dire circumstance. I saw a black man and a white man helping a white lady to the median, a hispanic lady helping a white man. I saw whites, hispanics and orientals all helping blacks, whites, you name it. In other words, race had absolutely nothing to do with anything. No one asked if they were democrat or republican, conservative or liberal. None of that mattered.

In our fractured society, perhaps we need a dose of the reality that a real crisis brings. When life and death are both within reach and in our face. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could be more of just good folks and less divisive? I get so tired of the constant conflict that is ours today.

We have seemingly lost our civility, our manners and our willingness to work together accross the lines for the common good. Every group seemingly has their agenda and that is all that seems to matter. Now don't get me wrong, I hate what is happening to our nation right now. I am a conservative and a devout believer. But I hope I don't forget the lesson of the car wreck, sometimes we just need to be good people and help one another.