The world is a very different place from week to week we are told one thing by Boris and that changes from day to day. It was Mothers day recently and I am lucky enough to have three children and heard from each of them, one in a London flat in isolation with his partner, one in Berlin with a dog called Mish Mish, and one in Dubai with three children of his own, schools having closed over there so they were at home and they had lessons to do from Monday; they are lucky enough to have a large garden with a swimming pool in it! The Climate is changing as they have had rain unusually today. They have been there for 20 years. A lovely place to stay in, the other grandparents are there with them, and as there are no flights home they have decided to stay. I hear this morning, things are difficult in Britain, we are getting mixed messages from the Government!
What would my mother, whom the children called Granny Owl, say were she alive - as someone totally computer illiterate she would be bemused! as I am!
I feel that we have left an uncertain future for the world as we know it. Perhaps people will stop rushing about and get to know the people next door and will slow down. There is a song to go with this. I am sure whatever music you enjoy will be the last thing to go! Today we hear that Boris and the Foreign Secretary have it as well. I listened today to "Thought for today," and we can hear a Dawn Chorus which couldn't be heard before as there was too much noise in the world! Maybe some will be seduced into realising that there is more to the world outside that they thought; maybe we'll all learn something more from this experience than we thought! When you see David Attenborough's Blue Planet and see the amount of Plastics left in the Oceans you think what have we done to this very fragile planet and is it all going to be too late! For many of the small islands yes it is too late.
Or is it?
Veronica it is intersting to read this blog with hindsight, a few weeks after it was written. I have been working with a large group of women over this time and it seems many of us have indeed realised there is more to the world, and very much appreciated this enforced "pause". Many people are telling me they don't want to go back to the world as it was, and have developed a much greater appreciation - even reverence - for stillness and nature. I echo that sentiment!
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