Posted on:Dec 31 2020
“In The Time of Pandemic” by Kitty O’Meara
And the people stayed home
And they read books, and listened,
and rested, and exercised,
and made art,
and played games,
and learned new ways of being,
and were still.
And they listened more deeply.
Some meditated, some prayed, some danced.
Some met their shadows.
And the people began to think differently.
And the people healed.
And, in the absence of people living ignorant, dangerous, mindless, and heartless ways,
the earth began to heal.
And when the danger passed,
and the people joined together again,
they grieved their losses,
and made new choices,
and dreamed new images,
and created new ways to live,
and they healed the earth fully,
as they had been healed.
As we reflect on this most extraordinary year, and decide what to let go and what to carry forward, I invite you to use this poem as a guide to your reflections.
I really do hope the year 2021 abounds with the upsides of our learning, our resilience, our hope.
