May 2, 2020
Today’s
idea- I love to glean from our hive mind the insights that bring sparkle to our
conversations. Here is a fresh parable in
lyrical verse that I’ve captured. A
wonderful extension of the Great Pause!
The Great
Realization
It was a world
of waste and wonder, of poverty and plenty
Back before we
understood why hindsight’s 2020.
You see, the people
came up with companies to trade across all lands
But they swelled
so much bigger than we ever could have planned.
We’d always had
our wants but now it got so quick
you could have anything
you dreamed of in a day and with a click.
We noticed
families stopped talking, that’s not to say they never spoke,
But the meaning
must have melted and the work life balance broke.
And the children’s
eyes grew squarer and every toddler had a phone.
They filtered
out the imperfections but amidst the noise they felt alone.
And everyday
the skies grew thicker till you couldn’t see the stars.
So we flew in planes
to find them while down below we filled our cars.
We’d drive
around all day in circles, we’d forgotten how to run,
We swapped the
grass for tarmacs, shrunk the parks till there were none.
We filled the
sea with plastic because our waste was never capped.
Until each day
when you went fishing you pulled them out already wrapped.
And while we drank
and smoked and gambled, our leaders taught us why
Its best to not
upset the lobbies, more convenient to die.
But then in
2020, a new virus came our way
The governments
reacted and told us all to hide away.
And while we
all were hidden amidst the fear and all the while,
People dusted
off their instincts, they remembered how to smile.
They started
clapping to say thank you and calling up their mums.
And while the
car keys gathered dust they would look forward to their runs.
And with the
sky less full of voyagers the earth began to breathe.
And the beaches
bore new wildlife that scuttled to the seas.
Some people
started dancing, some were singing, some were baking.
We’d grown so
used to bad news, but some good news was in the making.
And so when we
found the cure and were allowed to go outside.
We all
preferred the one we’d found to the one we’d left behind.
Old habits
became extinct and they made way for the new.
And every
simple act of kindness was now given its due.
But why did it
take a virus to bring the people back together?
Sometimes you
must get sick before you start feeling better.
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tomfoolery
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