Wisdom during this pandemic

Wisdom during this pandemic
from Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

For everything there is a season,

  and a time for every matter under heaven:

a time to be born,

  and a time to die;

a time to move around,

  and a time to shelter in place;

a time to experience dis-ease,

  and a time to heal;

a time to break down in despair,

  and a time to build up immunities;

a time to screen,

  and a time to share a laugh with the screener;

a time to mourn the economic toll of this pandemic,

  and a time to offer support to neighbors and strangers in need;

a time to throw away personal protection equipment,

  and a time to gather personal protection equipment together;

a time to embrace,

  and a time to refrain from embracing;

a time to listen the news,

  and a time to talk to family;

a time to keep calm,

  and a time to throw away fears;

a time to tear up grudges,

  and a time to sew masks;

a time to study,

  and a time to play;

a time to love spreading love,

  and a time to hate spreading the virus;

a time for washing hands,

  and a time for washing hands again.

Our spirits are immune!

Our spirits are immune!

During this pandemic, remember that the human spirit is immune to the virus.

Your spirit is immune.

My spirit is immune.

Our spirits are alive and well – while we practice social physical distancing.

Right now, in this moment, and each day to come.

Fears are normal; they are human;

     but even our worst fears cannot contaminate our spirits.

Gloves and masks and personal protection equipment are important to keeping

     our bodies healthy, but our spirits don’t need them in order to be healthy.

Sheltering in place can slow the spread of covid-19,

     but our spirits are free to increase the spread of love and compassion.

Our spirits give us courage – whenever we face unknowns.

Our spirits fill us with joy – even in the midst of tragedy.

Our spirits produce acts of kindness – more kindness than the media has

     time to report, such as neighbors caring for strangers all over the world.

Our spirits touch one another in real, physical ways – through closed doors,

     over barriers, across geographic boundaries.

Our spirits sustain us – in and out of quarantine.

Our spirits connect all of us who are affected by the virus,

     and our spirits continue to connect all of us who are infected by the virus.

Our spirits provide healing – especially when there is no cure.

The human spirit is immune to the virus in China.

The human spirit is immune to the virus in Italy.

The human spirit is immune to the virus in each country and state.

The human spirit is immune to the virus everywhere.

Your spirit, my spirit, is immune to any virus, any where, any time –

     this pandemic doesn’t stand a chance!