Musing…
“While we might feel small, separate, and all alone,
Our people have never been more closely tethered.
The question isn't if we will weather this unknown,
But how we will weather this unknown together.
So on this meaningful morn, we mourn and we mend.
Like light, we can't be broken, even when we bend.”
––Amanda Gorman from The Miracle of Morning
National Youth Poet Laureate
Kate's Turn:
Our nation, our world has been in quarantine now for over 40 days. The word quarantine comes from the Italian quaranta which means forty. It has Biblical references: the Israelites 40 years in the desert, 40 days of Lent, the 40 day Flood. It is a period of time that invokes a radical change, a transformation if you will, to a different way of being. A new normal becomes apparent with the loss of life as it used to be––adaptation begins to morph into innovation.
I have been in wonder and awe at the innovations that have been reported, on a spectrum from pantry meals to significant celebrations to frontline protective gear assembly to scientific missions in developing testing and treatments. The flourishing of community and unity, compassion and connection are the heart-felt effects of these innovative efforts on every scale. Everyone has had the opportunity to tap into their creative nature. It is our infinite resource that can light our way when limitations give us pause.
Get Fired Up:
What innovations have emerged from you during this time?
How are you tapping into your creative nature?
“Only you and I can help the sun rise each coming morning. If we don't, it may drench itself out in sorrow. You special, miraculous, unrepeatable, fragile, fearful, tender, lost, sparkling ruby emerald jewel, rainbow splendor person. It's up to you."―Joan Baez
