“And people stayed home?” is a poem that has circulated on various social networks in recent weeks. People shared it by saying it was a document written in 1800, during one of the many plagues that plagued humanity.
As the days went by, it became clear that this is not true. And people stayed home?Kitty O’Meara, a woman who has worked as a teacher and spiritual assistant at U. S. hospices and hospitals, simply inspired by the pandemic that put us against the wall.
- The text caught the attention of many people and.
- As a result.
- It did not take long to go viral.
- One of the elements that makes this poem so special is the echo of hope in its verses.
“And people stayed home? It reminds us that there are ways to get into the dark, but also to come out.
“As I unearthed a bottle like this, a time-filled bottle, discovering the silent voice of the past, I opened a door that could have remained closed. ” – Katherine Neville-
The poem begins with this phrase which, for many of us, means a radical change in the way we live so far: “And people have stayed home. “Suddenly, the present and the future became doubts; we were forced to confine ourselves and changed our plans, interrupted our relationships, changed our idea of tomorrow.
Then came the concern, the doubt about what to do, most of us do not live in large houses with huge gardens and sea views, so we must learn to live and move every day in small and sometimes inappropriate spaces, in which people and group conflicts also live.
Many of us chose the activities mentioned in the poem: “And they read books and listened to music. And they rested and worked out, and they made art and played?. It’s mainly about looking for other ways to take advantage of time and eliminate” uncertainty.
At best, the following lines of the poem occurred: “And they have learned new ways of being. And they stopped. And they listened more deeply. Some meditated. Some prayed. Some of them knew their own shadows?reunion with ourselves, with the depths of all, which never ceases to amaze and amplifies listening.
The second part of the poem refers to our immediate future, which we hope will happen, because an experience as strong, as that lived throughout the world, must serve to learn lessons from who we are. About what we’re doing. About how we relate to nature.
In the poem, this internal change brings something new: “and people heal. ” In this case, healing is not just about overcoming a physical illness, but about purifying areas of our mind and mind that we may not have noticed.
Topics such as the value of life and solidarity. Or live in harmony with the Earth we live on. Perhaps also the leaders we choose and the goals we set ourselves, based on sometimes limitless ambitions. To heal is to recover the essentials, which makes us truly human.
If man is cured, thanks to universal solidarity and collective commitment, the world is also cured. The poem goes on to say, “And in the absence of people living in ignorance and danger, mindless and heartless, the Earth has begun to heal. ” It is like a chain effect, beginning in us in isolation and then extends to the rest.
What the text suggests is that we are facing an extraordinary fact and that this requires us to be able to measure ourselves, overcome what we were and what we did, learn to think again, otherwise, only then will we untie the knot and close the Pandora’s box that has opened on the planet.
In the end, the poem offers us a scenario full of hope. He said, “And when the danger passed and the people met again, wept for their dead, made new decisions, dreamed of new visions, created new ways of life, and completely healed the earth, as they had been healed. “
This beautiful poem begins by saying “and people stay home” and end with “and have completely healed the Earth, as before. “Fortunately, more than a beautiful text, it is a prophecy of what awaits us if we perform the task entrusted to us. May this be what awaits us: a better world.