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One of my sweet friends shared this yesterday and I haven’t been able to quit thinking about it. So important to focus on the good in order to keep a healthy mind.

I did not write this but felt compelled to share:

Lockdown

Yes, there is fear.

Yes, there is isolation.

Yes, there is panic buying.

Yes, there is sickness.

Yes, there is even death.

But

They say that in Wuhan after so many years of noise,

You can hear the birds again.

They say that after just a few weeks of quiet,

The sky is no longer thick with fumes,

But blue and grey and clear.

They say that in the streets of Assisi,

People are singing to each other

across the empty squares,

Keeping their windows open

so that those who are alone

May hear the sounds of family around them.

They say that a hotel in the West of Ireland

Is offering free meals and delivery to the housebound.

Today a young woman I know

is busy spreading fliers with her number through the neighbourhood

So that the elders may have someone to call on.

Today Churches, Synagogues, Mosques and Temples

are preparing to welcome

and shelter the homeless, the sick, the weary.

All over the world people are slowing down and reflecting.

All over the world people are looking at their neighbors in a new way.

All over the world people are waking up to a new reality, to how big we really are.

To how little control we really have.

To what really matters.

To LOVE.

So we pray and we remember that

yes, there is fear. But there does not have to be hate.

Yes there is isolation. But there does not have to be loneliness.

Yes there is panic buying. But there does not have to be meanness.

Yes there is sickness. But there does not have to be disease of the soul.

Yes, there is even death.

But there can always be a rebirth of love.

Wake to the choices you make as to how to live now.

Today, breathe.

Listen,

Behind the factory noises of your panic,

The birds are singing again.

The sky is clearing,

Spring is coming,

And we are always encompassed by Love.

Open the windows of your soul,

And though you may not be able

to touch across the empty square,

Sing.

March 15th 2020

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jimeka profile image
jimeka

Quite encouraging 👍

Kenu profile image
Kenu

Nice read 👍🙏😉 Ken 🐾🐾

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twooldcrows

oh so beautifully said and i do agree and hopefully many will remember what we have gone thru all together and we can still be kind to each and everyone ...love and happiness to all...

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agapepilgrim

Maybe that’s what this is all about - learning to LOVE again.

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2littletime

We will ALL be fine...🙏

Always something to think about

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