Yes there is fear.

Yes there is isolation.

Yes there is panic buying.

Yes there is sickness.

Yes there is even death.

But,

They say that in Wuhan after so many years of noise

You can hear the birds again.

They say that after just a few weeks of quiet

The sky is no longer thick with fumes

But blue and grey and clear.

They say that in the streets of Assisi

People are singing to each other

across the empty squares,

keeping their windows open

so that those who are alone

may hear the sounds of family around them.

They say that a hotel in the West of Ireland

Is offering free meals and delivery to the housebound.

Today a young woman I know

is busy spreading fliers with her number

through the neighbourhood

So that the elders may have someone to call on.

Today Churches, Synagogues, Mosques and Temples

are preparing to welcome

and shelter the homeless, the sick, the weary

All over the world people are slowing down and reflecting

All over the world people are looking at their neighbours in a new way

All over the world people are waking up to a new reality

To how big we really are.

To how little control we really have.

To what really matters.

To Love.

So we pray and we remember that

Yes there is fear.

But there does not have to be hate.

Yes there is isolation.

But there does not have to be loneliness.

Yes there is panic buying.

But there does not have to be meanness.

Yes there is sickness.

But there does not have to be disease of the soul

Yes there is even death.

But there can always be a rebirth of love.

Wake to the choices you make as to how to live now.

Today, breathe.

Listen, behind the factory noises of your panic

The birds are singing again

The sky is clearing,

Spring is coming,

And we are always encompassed by Love.

Open the windows of your soul

And though you may not be able

to touch across the empty square,

Sing

A Catholic priest in Ireland wrote this.

I thought it was profound.

Bravo!

Did he write it on an altar boy's forehead???

Read it again. I think I will read this every morning during the crisis.

a breath of hope and love for humankind when gloom and doom pervades...

What's the young woman's number..?? 😕

Nice!

Our orchid and "Christmas" cactus bloomed this week.

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We got a script yesterday for a covid 19 PSA and the voice sample they sent was a BBC broadcast of this very writing...

In Venice Italy the water in the canals is crystal clear.

I remember how clean the sky was after they grounded the planes after 9/11. The atmosphere temps dropped something like 2-3 degrees

Pure coincidence.
Heavy industrialization and mass burning of fossil fuels has absolutely no effect on the climate.
Or so I’ve heard...

like you don't know.

hey Drafter...PM me











edit: apologies...inappropriate here

Nah Al, laughter is seldom inappropriate.

Yeah Spey, but he crossed the line...

He must be... Corrected.

I agree.
Who's gonna take care of it?

Drafter and Frank have guys who could take care of the....Correction. To minor to bother Jonsey with.

Hey IZON, you're out West PM me your address and I'll get their guys out to you so you can coordinate and have oversight.

:^o

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Right away...