“And the people stayed home”
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!
6 Responses to ““And the people stayed home””
Amen!
Cheers, dear neighbors :)
I so agree! I am gladly staying home and praying for our nation and our world.
Hello Martha and glad you are staying home … gladly :) . I find great peace and calm in prayer for the world. And so many people are sharing with each other thoughts and prayers, worry and hope. I am heartened by how so many are thinking of others as well as how many are coming up with new ideas to continue some kind of work … from home!
Yes, that is a fantastic way to look at it. And it is really good to have some time to reflect, to read, to knit, to do crosswords, play Scrabble, go for walks alone and just not rush around.
But I find working online very stressful! Hopefully, it will get easier.
Beautiful photo of Emmett!
Margaret, I’m glad you are able to get out for walks! And the other things plus no rush. I’m sorry the online working is stressful! Do you need to do it with video? What I mean, are there some students you can work with by voice only? Video takes the bandwidth and sometimes slows responses so can be annoying. In my workgroup, we have worked together (4 of us) for so long that we don’t typically turn the video on. We share computer screens and the audio is conferenced. Lately, sometimes the audio lags enough that it gets tricky and we either talk over each other or we’re not sure someone has finished. It can get frustrating if we are trying to deal with something complex. I don’t know if it is that type of thing that is causing the stress or not. I do think it will get easier with getting used to it and maybe adjusting how you do things. That Emmett – thanks :)
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