"Love in...."

       "Love love love, that's what it's all about..." the lyrics of the song proclaim to a bouncy tune...phone me and I promise not to sing it for you.  Many of the humorous postings about the virus strike the theme of boredom. Confined to home, boredom may well be the plight of many.  Perhaps it is not the issue for parents trying to home school while also working from home. This is another of those situations in which "one size does not fit all."  (My box of  vinyl gloves says 'one size fits all' but then why do I have to struggle for minutes to pull one on?)
      The experience of sheltering at home is as varied as the persons who are doing it. Grace University Lutheran has extended the Lenten Daily Devotional into the Easter Season. Today's offering put a very helpful cast on this time of social distancing, and, does it with poetry.

Love in the time of Covid-19

When you go out

and see the empty streets,
the empty stadiums,
the empty train platforms,

don’t say to yourself: It looks like the end of the world.

What you’re seeing is Love in action.

What you’re seeing in that negative space
is how much we do care for each other.

For our grandparents,
For our immune-compromised brothers and sisters,
For people we will never meet.

People will lose their jobs over this,
Some will lose their businesses,
And some will lose their lives.

All the more reason to take a moment,

When you’re out on your walk,
Or on your way to the store,
Or just watching the news,

To look into the emptiness
and marvel at all that Love.

Let it fill you and sustain you.

It is not the end of the world.
It is the most remarkable act of global solidarity
We may ever witness.

(author unknown)

      Yes indeed "Love love love, that's what it's all about...."   With the care of distancing, leadership from helpful persons, dedication of health care personnel, the service of essential workers, etc. there is so much for which to be grateful.

Takk for alt,

Al

This random picture is for B.G.

The new school may be open when I return to Thailand.