Just came across this in a Facebook posting (from someone who is genuinely my friend, not just a "friend"!):
“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."
Apparently, this is a quote by Kathleen O'Meara, from her book, Narka the Nihilist, published in 1888. I'm not so certain this is the precise source, or that, at the very least, it hasn't been significantly paraphrased, since the wording and cadence seem so contemporary. Whatever! The message it holds is still worthy of reflection.
Georgia is now up to 121 confirmed cases and 1 death. There is community spread in Athens, Georgia with 3 confirmed cases. The local government is enacting a 9pm-5am curfew starting tonight with little warning. They have declared no groups over 10 people allowed and no restaurants can have dine-in service...I am sure many conservatives here are in umbrage over this, saying liberals are trying to control them. I also saw a web article that said sales of guns and ammo are up:
The article mentions Georgia gun sales as being up 169%!!!
This idea bothers me the most. Some of the people buying guns probably haven't been trained properly or have little familiarity with firearms. They are possibly going to be careless with them--maybe there will be unintended deaths due to this hysteria...
This is happening all over America and the gun manufacturers must be loving it...
@cdeanne. I love this quote.
And the people healed. And, in the absence of people living in ignorant, dangerous, mindless, and heartless ways, the earth began to heal.
Carbon emissions detected by satellite images showed last week that carbon emissions over Europe were dropping.
San Francisco and about a half a dozen counties have a mandatory "shelter in place" that will be enacted tonight at midnight. Grocery stores, gas stations, and pharmacies will remain open. Restaurants and such will be closed. Fun times ahead. Many people were filling up their gas tanks (even though you can fill up during the shelter in place. I wonder if there was another run on toilet paper......
I can't believe you came across this quote. To my knowledge, I have never read it, yet these words and the images they bring to mind are exactly what I have been thinking, seeing and feeling for over a month now. It is as if I wrote it. I am absolutely amazed at what you posted. Thank you, Thank You!
Very unfortunate to hear this news. I know Whole Foods employees who have worked there for years. Things have changed greatly since they were bought by Amazon. Workers are very stressed and over worked too. This is really upsetting to read. They of should be way better than that.
Took a peak at the Fox News website today. The tone sure has changed. I think they believe it is a real thing now. Poor people who follow them must be rather unprepared and perplexed...or not because they don't really do much complex thinking and analyzing to begin with. Perhaps they think it magically became important.
@cdeanne, Oh thank you for those uplifting words from Kathleen O'Meara! It soothes my troubled and anxious heart. I will be including it in my daily prayers.
Remember, no anti-inflammatories (including herbal ones) if you have symptoms. It will make the infection worse. Take TYLENOL. Also, it is worth knowing that young people can become infected and then debilitated by the scarring in their lungs for the rest of their lives. Young people have also died. This isn't simply a vague illness or death type of virus. I don't understand why people persist in believing that there are only either mild symptoms or death and that only for the old and infirm. That is incorrect.
Here's a good reminder of why we need to social distance:
About anti-inflammatories:
Anti-Inflammatories are Advil or any Ibuprofen based drug. Never take anything like that for the body aches and fever of Covid-19. NEVER. Take Tylenol.
Just a thought. Can you change the title of this thread to "Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)"? The moniker "Wuhan Coronavirus" stigmatizes people of Chinese descent and implies that this pandemic is a devious "foreign invasion." It's no wonder that Mike Pompeo and others in #45's circle insist on using the Wuhan modifier.
I'm 46, and have been trying to get back on my feet for years. Lots of people I know are in my situation. I'm terrified. 10 years of recovery? It may be too late for a lot of us. Especially those of us who were already poor, or disabled. I have trouble even imagining surviving it. It's very depressing.
It will be an interesting world for the young people, who will still be youngish when this ends, and they'll be a generation not unlike people who grew up during the Depression or WWII.
But I'm terrified for people my age who are dependent on working, especially if they're not physically healthy or an in-demand part of the information economy, and not physically abled and or young enough to do the grunt work of rebuilding.
I'm one of those soft people created by the times we had... I wasn't made for this.
In Washington, we now have 904 Coronavirus cases and 48 deaths. There were 769 cases just yesterday. I can’t imagine one or two weeks from now.
I am sorry you’re feeling so down and discouraged and I am praying for you tonight. You’re 46 years old and still have so much life ahead of you. I am, ahem, much older than you. Sometimes I just want to live long enough to get through this f-ed up timeline and see life come back to normal again. I want life without a malignant narcissist running the country, without a corrupt congress, where we are all striving to be better people and create a better world for our children and grandchildren. I want a life where we are trying to heal our planet, where we have equality and opportunities and peace. I do believe it’s coming. So when your despair and fear passes, and it will, you will discover you are not so soft and helpless as you think. You are precious and you matter. Never ever give up.
@bluebelle I know this is moving at lightning speed but Washington should already be sheltering in place, like the Bay Area announced. We all should actually. Those numbers are shocking especially since so few are able to get tested across the nation.
AZ Governor Ducey is asking people to not go to bars on St. Patrick Day.
Ummm?! If you don't want people in bars Govenor, ban them . Close the bars. This is on you Govener. You hold the power to stop them from going. Only you. Seriously???
You closed schools but not bars on St. Patrick's day?????
i agree and expect we will be shut down in place. The numbers are really jumping now. We are prepared to stay home and I know our children expect us to be sensible. We are on day 10 of self isolation and it’s been okay. Be safe and be well, my friend.