[Stylist] A message of Inspiration

Mon Apr 13 20:02:40 UTC 2020

Ericka,

OMG, that must be bananas. Thanks for your dedication and hardwork, firstly. Anyone working in the health system is a hero right now. From staff working directly with patients to those in admin to those in service and everything in between. Take what time you can to rest and recharge.

Bridgit

From: Stylist <stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Ericka via Stylist
Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 2:22 PM
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Cc: Ericka <dotwriter1 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Stylist] A message of Inspiration

Very nice. I too wish that I could stay home and rekindle myself I work in the healthcare industry and cannot do so. I only get these past two weeks off because they’re not taking any chances. An allergy headache that wouldn’t go away and cough got me two weeks of Quarantine. I dream about my residence every day! I can’t wait to go back on Monday. I suppose I could try and write a few poems while I have time. If I do, I’ll post them here.

Ericka Nelson

On Apr 13, 2020, at 1:00 PM, Jackie via Stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:

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

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