Kitty O’Meara

~ 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.

Allow By Danna Faulds

~ There is no controlling life. Try corralling a lightning bolt, containing a tornado. Dam a stream and it will create a new channel. Resist, and the tide will sweep you off your feet. Allow, and grace will carry you to higher ground. The only safety lies in letting it all in – the wild and the weak; fear, fantasies, failures and success. When loss rips off the doors of the heart, or sadness veils your vision with despair, practice becomes simply bearing the truth.In the choice to let go of your known way of being, the whole world is revealed to your new eyes. ~

Inspired by Dr. Seuss

I imagine if Dr. Seuss were alive today, he'd write something like this:
~ The buildings were big and people would smile And travel they would mile by mile. But sick they become, in numbers it grew Businesses worried, communities too. Things stopped for a bit, the world slowed its roll The virus has certainly taken its toll. But what they then saw from slowing things down, Is in fact they now had less reasons to frown. Families now gathered, what game shall we play? Pass me the blue crayon, give Mommy the grey. Dad's home guys! He'll read us a book then all of us together will cook.The lungs of the planet caught a small break less travel meant less pollution to make. People did realize they'd all be OK They don't need so much to get through the day. Maybe this virus that caused so much stress Showed the whole world that more can mean less." ~