Nature’s message?

Life is fragile, precious and fleeting. The tragic loss of life to theCOVID-19 virus is a prime example of this truism. Our lives have been turned upside down by an invisible enemy. This enemy joins the other viruses and diseases that have plagued humankind throughout history.

Could this be nature’sway of letting us knowthat ourway of life has turned this earthly paradise into a soiled and polluted habitat? Could overcrowding and unsanitary living conditions result in nature culling the population?

MotherNature could be telling us through this virus and climate change thatwe need to rethink howwe live and howwe relate to each other and to our earthly paradise. Dowe have the resolve and the resilience to win this battle? Iwould say absolutely.

— Ned L. McCray, Tinley Park