🌿 Why Does It Take A Tragedy to Bring Out the Best in Us?

In the aftermath of floods, wildfires, hurricanes — or any disaster that shakes a community to its core — something remarkable often happens.

We show up.

We put down our phones, our differences, our distractions.

We roll up our sleeves. We give. We grieve.

We comfort. We lead with love and kindness.

It’s beautiful. But it’s also sobering.

Because the truth is…

We can live this way every day.

We just don’t.

Instead, it takes devastation to wake us up — to remind us that life is fragile, that people matter more than politics, and that a little compassion can go a long way.

But what if we didn’t wait?

What if, instead of reserving our best selves for emergencies, we made showing up with love part of our daily rhythm?

What if kindness wasn’t just our response to tragedy, but our way of being?