After disaster, comes transformation — a process distinctly different for each person and each stage of their life. In isolation, one is forced to reconcile with the patched-up wounds they once hid. Victims of sexual violence seek to transform the means for attaining justice. Tech experts grapple with building ethical frameworks for their tools. Immigrants revel in new-found freedoms after long immigration journeys. And entomologist preserve and persevere in the midst of mass insect extinction. On all fronts, internal change serves as a catalyst for systemic change.
We'll never be the same again. So let's sit and be with the version we have now.