And the people stayed home...

All around the world, the numbers keep rising, of the infected and the dying.  But, there are also many stories of hope, of love, of kindness, of bridges crossed to lend a helping hand.  Let’s take a moment, breathe in deeply, and appreciate that simple act of being able to breathe.


And the people stayed home.
 
And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being, and were still. 
And 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 in 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 heal the earth fully, as they had been healed.


 - Kitty O'Meara