Shokufeh is... home

Little victories

In the daytime, our neighborhood is full of activity - carpenters, masons, electricians, levelers, stump grinders, debris collectors ... working to make houses, and the neighborhood, livable again. With each house that is again occupied, our neighborhood can more strongly say, "Take that, green space!"
But at night, it becomes apparent that, despite the bustle of the daytime, the work is far from done, the houses are not yet occupied. Many houses, many blocks, are still dark at night.
Tonight, driving home, I noticed a couple more houses with lights on inside. Each one is a lttle victory. Living here these days can be overwhelming: everything - many houses, many blocks, most neighborhoods, the whole city - needs so much work. But if I focused on that, it would be too hard to get out of bed in the morning. So I choose to focus on the additional houses with lights on, as each one indicates a move in the right direction.