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.