[Stylist] A message of Inspiration

[Jackie]

Ericka,

I am sending the same message I just sent Brigit. I hope it means something to you. I am glad that you explained what you are doing and what this separation from family has meant to you.  We need to know these things about our group members.

I think we must keep hope alive even if it runs parallel to the reality of the times.

I do not think the poet who wrote this was trying to be realistic. The idea, to me, was to think beyond all that is happening now and transpose it to future change where everyone in the world who has lived through this will think of new ways in principles of basic living. It will be actions that are compatible with a surviving earth. Rose-colored glasses are necessary to believe this, and of course, for you and Ericka, the details do not apply. But the basic message is still there. Hope.

My son, who has been on leave from the now closed Mesa Public Schools, still goes to the school every Friday night to turn on the stadium lights for a half-hour. It is to thank all the service providers, and to provide hope. I guess that means you and Ericka. 

 

 

Jacqueline Williams

 

Clarity is just questioning having eaten its fill.

     Jenny Xie

 

From: Stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ericka via Stylist
Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 12:22 PM
To: Writers' Division Mailing List <stylist at nfbnet.org>
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 <mailto: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




_______________________________________________
Writers Division web site
http://writers.nfb.org/
Stylist mailing list
Stylist at nfbnet.org <mailto:Stylist at nfbnet.org> 
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Stylist:
http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/stylist_nfbnet.org/dotwriter1%40gmail.com

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://nfbnet.org/pipermail/stylist_nfbnet.org/attachments/20200413/dd1101e1/attachment.html>