A blessing for living in this moment in history
A blessing for you
Sitting at home
Hopeful, trying to stay positive
But feeling stuck, trapped, and your optimism wearing thin.
A blessing for the ones recreating their curriculum
Hastily, trying their best to respond
In these strange uncertain times.
A blessing for you
Worried about what we’ll do in the coming weeks.
A blessing for you, heartbroken,
At the events that were cancelled that cannot be replaced
Or rescheduled
the rituals that mark the end of your senior year,
lost to the social distancing.
A blessing for you,
another birthday arrives,
but celebration takes on a strange tone
without the possibility of gathering beyond the confines of your solidarity with distance.
A blessing for you,
trying to keep your system healthy,
immunocompromised already
before any of the health concerns surfaced.
A blessing for your pregnancy,
a season of its own sickness and discovery,
now amped up by the work of carrying life
and trying to steward your own,
in the midst of this uncharted health territory.
A blessing for you,
Scared at home,
Trying to figure out how to cope with a situation
you so frequently needed to exit
to stay sane.
A blessing
For those of you in recovery,
Who depend on the regularity of in-person storytelling
And space to be heard.
A blessing for your care for self in this time,
And whatever tries and challenges it.
A blessing
For every time
You reach out and ask for help
Or offer help to another.
A blessing for you,
Still arriving to work,
Feeling stress and anxiety about putting yourself at risk,
Unable to afford
financially or systemically
any other decision.
A blessing for you, glued to the scrolling and social media,
Both comforted and agitated by the updates and
Development of information.
A blessing for you,
Closing your doors for the time being,
And being courageous in asking for help.
A blessing for your care and loving stewardship of your customers and patrons.
A blessing
For those leading
Offering wisdom, insight, and tools for creativity
The sharing of such energy is a gift to all of us in these strange days.
A blessing
For your generosity,
Your offerings of free premium memberships to needed resources
Your offerings of creative and playful content to warm and lighten the spirits
Your offerings of resources for parents who suddenly became homeschooling teachers
A blessing,
For those who are keeping the lights on
The water running
Infrastructure supported
Food pipelines flowing.
A blessing,
For this, your moment, to sit with the inward self
And return
In the quiet,
In the uncertainty,
To the wholeness you always carry deep within you.
A blessing,
To you
Surviving,
Depending
Arriving,
And re-creating.
A blessing to the
Co-creative work of community,
And the abundance within ourselves and our connections
We are discovering.
