The bears and rabbit are still at the window, looking out on sultry summer days, just watching the world go by. They are wonderfully oblivious to all the news - pandemic and otherwise. They are both in the moment and above it, present but unmoved. I think I'd like to be like one of the bears this week, probably more like the rabbit because I do wear a mask when it's important to do so. I'd like to spend this week as a disinterested spectator. All I have to do is pretend that I don't know what I know and pretend that I don't care. Some days, forgetting what I know is a slam-dunk for my vintage brain, but not caring? Yeah, well that's not happening. So, now what?
I think Sandra Boynton's cartoon for today hits the nail on the head:
I still don't know what am I going to do with this week. But here's what I do know: if I keep watch on the world with gentle eyes and ears, if I reflect more with heart and soul than with head, there will be more than enough to see, to learn, and to do.
And that's the way I see it here in Week 18
Wishing all a Care-Full week.
Wash your hands.
Watch your distance.
Wear a mask.
©2020 April Hoeller
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