Locked Gate or A Bridge

HOW ARE WE PASSING THIS TIME DURING THE PANDEMIC?  I’VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS AND DREAMING ABOUT THIS SINCE IT ALL BEGAN.

OF COURSE WE ARE BEING ADVISED TO STAY ‘LOCKED AWAY’ IN OUR HOMES AND I THINK MOST OF US ARE TRYING TO COMPLY.  BUT IT IS DIFFICULT . I OFTEN CRY NOW.  JUST A FEW TEARS. 

AND THIS LEADS ME TO THINKING ABOUT MY PATH IN THIS TIME.  DO I WANT TO ONLY TAKE CARE OF MYSELF?  AM I LIKE A LOCKED GATE THAT KEEPS OTHERS OUT BUT AM ALSO LOCKED IN A WORLD OF MY OWN CREATION? AM I KIND BEHIND THOSE DOORS? AM I SELFISH? IRRITABLE? 

OR DO I WANT TO BE LIKE A BRIDGE TO OTHERS?  IS THERE ANY THING…HOWEVER SMALL…. THAT I CAN DO TO CHEER SOMEONE IN THESE OFTEN DARK DAYS? KINDER IN MY OWN HOME? HELPFUL? WHAT CAN I DO TO REACH OUT FROM MY OWN SPACE?

RABINDRANATH TAGORE SAID, “I SLEPT AND DREAMT LIFE WAS JOY, I AWOKE AND SAW LIFE WAS SERVICE, I ACTED AND, BEHOLD, SERVICE WAS JOY.” 

THIS REMINDED ME OF A SONG I WROTE FOR THE GOOD FOLKS OF MADONNA HOUSE . IT’S CALLED “SERVICE SONG” BUT IT CAN APPLY TO ANY OF US . EVEN TAKING CARE OF OUR HOMES BUT DOING IT WITH A HEART LIFTED UP IN THANKSGIVING CAN BRING US JOY. 

WHAT IS YOUR PATH DURING THESE DAYS OF ISOLATION?