If you have not seen the poem …

Wow.

“In a nutshell”

I think we are in the phase of a transition curve that is: “So, when will get back to normal?”

BUT. As in all of life, we cannot go back. We will all be changed by the experience of the current circumstances, just as we are each individually changed by our personal experiences.

We will recover freedom of movement, but my hope is as the poem says, we will also experience healing … even if we didn’t think we were ill. I would not want anyone to read into my words that I think any part of this is a good thing …. BUT, I do think there is the possibility for good changes coming out of the experience: in each of our personal lives and future choices as well as worldview.

In a fictional book, about life in rural England during WWII:

“A snooty young woman interviewing a stout matron: ‘so, actually, all you’re doing at the moment is the housework, arranging and cooking meals for your husband, children and evacuees, canteen work, and voluntary fire-watching?’”

source is “A Presumption of Death” by Jill Payton Walsh.

But that was reality: 9/1/1939 – 9/2/1945 which is 6 years!

Perspective :)

It is a challenging time, but if we look at history: 1918 Spanish Flu that occurred on the tail of the horrors of WWI, WWII: 6 years of life disrupted in the U.K.! More recently the Vietnam war, HIV/Aids Pandemic, H1N1, wars in several areas … apples and oranges maybe and especially in light of the internet and instant information/statistics/opinion.

The best scientific minds and labs and companies are working as fast as humanly possible for solutions: vaccine and treatment.

Meanwhile.

The people MUST stay home.

And the people MUST laugh and play and make art and exercise and cry and pray and meditate and …. you know, live our lives, but at home!