Inaction and Regret

Abolitionist and author Harriet Beecher Stowe left us with this: “The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.”

Of course this applies to our private lives, where we may regret not saying something or taking a certain action with respect to a loved one.  Yet it seems that it pertains to our role as a member of society as well, especially as that society is melting down before our very eyes.

What should we be saying and doing to prevent the spread of cruelty, racism, indifference to human suffering, the rejection of science, and environmental decay?   None of us wants to be shedding “the bitterest of tears” when we realize that the world has collapsed around us, and we could have done something about it.