A life. Or 13.

Wow, just finished The Rescue. I thought I knew the story but I was absolutely blown away by the details of this story. Unbelievable. Amazing.

Without giving away all the details, what really got my brain spinning was the amount of effort that was put in - hundreds of people from countless countries, military personnel, volunteers, experts, and countless dollars to try and save 13 people - 12 kids.

Weeks of effort for 13 people. These 13 people captured the world’s attention - and granted the story was worthy of lots of attention - 12 kids and their coach trapped in a cave with rising water and almost impossible to get to.

But, again, 13 people. I don’t know how many are dying from COVID every day right now but last I checked it was over a 1,000 every day in the U.S. alone.

I mentioned I’m reading a book about WWII right now and the way that human life is treated is just hard to fathom. It’s as close to meaningless as one could get.

And there are, of course, civil wars right now, famine, other diseases, the list goes on and on and on… and the world chose to dedicate almost everything it had to save 12 kids and a coach?

It’s enough to get your head spinning.

But, rather than just spin, I want to take something from it. And I take this.

Okay, wait, first, the expert cave divers that were brought from all over the world were the kids that couldn’t make the soccer team, and the rugby team, and the cricket team… proving once again that High School is the worst possible proving ground of success every invented.

But, I take this: if we could only start to care about every human life with a fraction of how we cared for those kids what would it mean for COVID, climate change, immigration, prison system reform, health system, and on and on and on and on.

In a world constantly tempting us to minimize a human life, I think that’s the goal is to maximize it.