All of us are, no doubt, trying to process how this pandemic is going to shape our shared future. Will we truly “live” more online, even with the shelter-in orders are over? When will we go back to touching one another without flinching? Will public spaces ever actually feel clean? Will beloved local businesses survive? Will a generation of college kids feel the lack of a pomp-and-circumstance ritual so acutely they fail to launch?
Getting to this a day late because I am "on retreat" with Buddhist teachers helping us understand how "suffering is the message," one that pushes us toward change beyond what we thought possible. As one without children myself, I can say that what keeps me resilient is knowing that there are still new beings coming into the world. Their smiles lift my heart on zoom and facetime and across the yard, and I know THEIR joy and fresh minds are something we will need as we reconstruct what went wrong. I read somewhere that all the souls up there are lining up clamoring to be born in these times--because there's so much good work to be done.
What on earth have I done?
Getting to this a day late because I am "on retreat" with Buddhist teachers helping us understand how "suffering is the message," one that pushes us toward change beyond what we thought possible. As one without children myself, I can say that what keeps me resilient is knowing that there are still new beings coming into the world. Their smiles lift my heart on zoom and facetime and across the yard, and I know THEIR joy and fresh minds are something we will need as we reconstruct what went wrong. I read somewhere that all the souls up there are lining up clamoring to be born in these times--because there's so much good work to be done.
Yes. In the midst of supporting a college senior who is wondering what it’s all for , anyway. Feel it all. Feel it all.
Beautiful Allison. Thanks so much for sharing Courtney.
Hoo boy. Such a sweet and hard thing.