There was a classic Billy Connolly sketch where he told the joke about the cameraman and the sound-man who were filming in the Serengeti and they were catching footage of a pride of lions under a tree.
At one point the leader of the pride stood up, took notice of the camera crew and started to pad towards them.
As the lion started to run a bit fast the cameraman dropped him camera and started running while the sound-man bent down and took a pair of trainers out of his rucksack and started to put them on.
“You bloody fool” shouted the cameraman, “You’ll never outrun them in those”.
“No” said the sound-man “but I’ll outrun you”.
It’s all got a little bit like this hasn’t it? Running away from a lion and hoping you’re not the one that will get caught.
This is probably not the best way for us to proceed through the developing social situation that we find ourselves in but it’s certainly the agenda taken by a lot of people.
The other aspect of running away from a lion is that you can only sprint for so long before you will have to rest.
Once you create a significant amount of distance (and assuming the lion is still on your trail) you have to find a safe place to rest before you start running again.
Failure to do that means exhaustion and collapse and, well…
Working together and taking rest where it’s possible and when you need it is critical.
Blog Post Number - 2461
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