Perspective matters, but so does action

It’s easy to ooh and ahh at winter’s beau­ty from inside a warm, dry house. If only every­one had that lux­u­ry. They don’t, of course, which is why look­ing out for one anoth­er is a peren­ni­al­ly good idea.

With the lat­est storm melt­ing away we’re obvi­ous­ly relieved, but bit­ter cold is on the hori­zon — and it’s only mid-January. Winters can seem nev­er-end­ing around here, and this one has already worn out its wel­come in the eyes of many Clark Countians.

Since we’re all in this togeth­er, let’s not for­get to act like it: please . . . check in on each oth­er, offer a help­ing hand, take time to notice suf­fer­ing and, when­ev­er pos­si­ble, alle­vi­ate it. Life is hard enough when the weath­er is good; win­ter can make it unbear­able, espe­cial­ly for the most vul­ner­a­ble among us, human and non-human.

It only takes a moment to warm a cold heart, an action that could very well save a life. 

And speak­ing of life savers, let’s con­tin­ue to appre­ci­ate and sup­port the many helpers who work tire­less­ly in every sea­son to keep us safe and sound, includ­ing, but not lim­it­ed to: Clark County Homeless Coalition, The Beacon of Hope, Recovery Community Center, Clark County Animal Shelter, our fire and law enforce­ment depart­ments, road and util­i­ty crews, and of course, those who deliv­er our mail and pack­ages, take care of us when we’re sick, and keep the shelves stocked when there’s a run on bread and milk.

Simple acts of kind­ness, no mat­ter what your per­spec­tive, are always beautiful.