HOOYAH!
Do you hear it?! About an hour ago the jubilant announcement came—Everyone is safely rescued from the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Thailand. Hooyah! The jubilant cry of the Thai Navy is being heard around the world. Thai navy SEALs posted this, “We are not sure if this is a miracle, a science, or what. All the thirteen Wild Boars are now out of the cave.” It was an extraordinary rescue.
And now we can all exhale. Collectively. Together. With one mind and spirit. In celebration. Hooyah!
What an ordeal it’s been for the boys and their coach. And the families waiting. I’m ever so grateful all are safe. Grateful too for Saman Kunan, who gave his life in the rescue effort, and the host of international divers and personnel who worked together in tight teams to make the rescue a success. Well done.
Now that I can let that tight place I’d been holding in my mind and heart relax, I feel released in some small way. You too, perhaps? I think we all were joined to the boys, stuck, if you will, while we waited. And waited. It’s been a long 18 days.
The US has a lot of divisiveness, the world does too. Despite all this, we really came together. We joined together in hope, in prayers, and caring. BIG TIME. 12 kids and a coach in trouble brought that out in us. Around the whole world. That, to me, is part of the amazing of this rescue.
I wonder, when we get used to exhaling again, we can remember how we came together. I wonder if we can keep our hearts (and minds) open to care about others who are hurting, in trouble, in need. And work together, in our neighborhoods, in our country, in our world to care in similarly intense and productive ways. Not just when monsoons threaten, but steady. As a mindset, a stance, a value.
Hooyah! Please, let’s try.
Do you hear it?! About an hour ago the jubilant announcement came—Everyone is safely rescued from the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Thailand. Hooyah! The jubilant cry of the Thai Navy is being heard around the world. Thai navy SEALs posted this, “We are not sure if this is a miracle, a science, or what. All the thirteen Wild Boars are now out of the cave.” It was an extraordinary rescue.
And now we can all exhale. Collectively. Together. With one mind and spirit. In celebration. Hooyah!
What an ordeal it’s been for the boys and their coach. And the families waiting. I’m ever so grateful all are safe. Grateful too for Saman Kunan, who gave his life in the rescue effort, and the host of international divers and personnel who worked together in tight teams to make the rescue a success. Well done.
Now that I can let that tight place I’d been holding in my mind and heart relax, I feel released in some small way. You too, perhaps? I think we all were joined to the boys, stuck, if you will, while we waited. And waited. It’s been a long 18 days.
The US has a lot of divisiveness, the world does too. Despite all this, we really came together. We joined together in hope, in prayers, and caring. BIG TIME. 12 kids and a coach in trouble brought that out in us. Around the whole world. That, to me, is part of the amazing of this rescue.
I wonder, when we get used to exhaling again, we can remember how we came together. I wonder if we can keep our hearts (and minds) open to care about others who are hurting, in trouble, in need. And work together, in our neighborhoods, in our country, in our world to care in similarly intense and productive ways. Not just when monsoons threaten, but steady. As a mindset, a stance, a value.
Hooyah! Please, let’s try.
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