[Stylist] A message of Inspiration

[Jackie]

I wish I had written this. I was sent this by a cousin in Minneapolis. It
makes me want to go back to poetry. I hope it will inspire all of you.

AND THE PEOPLE STAYED HOME
AND READ BOOKS, AND LISTENED, AND
RESTED AND EXERCISED, AND MADE ART
AND PLAYED GAMES, AND LEARNED NEW
WAYS OF BEING, AND WERE STILL, AND
LISTENED MORE DEEPLY.  SOME
MEDITATED, SOME PRAYED, SOME 
DANCED,  SOME MET THEIR SHADOW.
AND THE PEOPLE BEGAN TO THINK DIFFERENTLY
AND THE PEOPLE HEALED
AND IN THE ABSENSE OF PEOPLE LIVING
IN IGNORANT, DANGEROUS, MINDLESS 
AND HEARTLESS WAYS,
THE EARTH BEGAN TO HEAL.
AND WHEN THE DANGER PASSED,
AND THE PEOPLE JOINED TOGETHER AGAIN
THEY GRIEVED THEIR LOSSES, AND MADE
NEW CHOICES, AND DREAMED NEW
IMAGES AND CREATED NEW WAYS TO LIVE
AND HEAL THE EARTH FULLY,
AS THEY HAD BEEN HEALED.

Jacqueline Williams

Clarity is just questioning having eaten its fill.
     Jenny Xie