You may have seen the following story on the internet. It has gone viral during this time of virus concern (pardon the pun)
Kitty O'Meara, a retired teacher from Maddison, Wisconsin, turned to writing in an effort to curb her own anxiety amid the nerve-wracking news of the Conoravirus pandemic.
O'Meara's writing suggests that we take the opportunity provided by social distancing to undertake activities such as exercise, meditation and dancing which may lead to a type of global healing.
Her poem, "And the People Stayed Home" reads as follows:
And the people stayed home
And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised
Made art, 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, mines and heartless ways
The Earth began to heal
And when the danger passed
And people joined together again
They grieved there 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.
