"Do not stray into crowded streets, cowardly corners--
it is not possible to drink from what is empty.
While I take her point, I loved walking the streets of Manhattan.
It felt like a jovial conglomoration of incredibly diverse humans
all doing their thing, attending to their day.
Cowardly corners I understand. Cowardice is contagious;
so is bravery. Bravery is the call for the times.
"...they have learned that there is plenty--. . ."
For many decades, those of us residing in this country have (mostly)
lived in a land of plenty, don't you think?
Not without exceptions, of course.
"if tiny birds can learn to share, maybe we can too.
Maybe despite the weight of this deep, dark,
relentlessly draining winter, we too can
learn to drink from the fountain of plenty,
to resolve to stay and stay right where we are.
We are a sharing country when we're healthy.
Right now we are suffering from a serious disease
which must be healed in order for all of us to be the
kind and generous people we are in our hearts and souls.
We are tending to the illness...its widespread.
It will take time and much energy and, together, we will
care for the sick and heal what's wrong.
Namaste
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