Day: April 18, 2022

We are not in the same boat. Powerful

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WE ARE NOT IN THE SAME BOAT …

I heard that we are in the same boat. But it’s not like that. We are in the same storm, but not in the same boat. Your ship can be shipwrecked and mine might not be. Or vice versa. For some, quarantine is optimal: a moment of reflection, of re-connection. Easy, in flip flops, with a whiskey or tea.

For others, this is a desperate crisis. For others, it is facing loneliness. For some, peace, rest time, vacation.

Yet for others, Torture: How am I going to pay my bills?

Some were concerned about a brand of chocolate for Easter (this year there were no rich chocolates).

Others were concerned about the bread for the weekend, or if the noodles would last for a few more days.

Some were in their “home office”.

Others are looking through trash to survive.

Some want to go back to work because they are running out of money.

Others want to kill those who break the quarantine.

Some need to break the quarantine to stand in line at the banks. Others to escape.

Others criticize the government for the lines.

Some have experienced the near-death of the virus, some have already lost someone from it, some are not sure their loved ones are going to make it, and some don’t even believe this is a big deal.

Some of us who are well now may end up experiencing it, and some believe they are infallible and will be blown away if or when this hits someone they know

Some have faith in God and expect miracles during this 2020.

Others say the worse is yet to come.

So, friends, we are not in the same boat.

We are going through a time when our perceptions and needs are completely different.

And each one will emerge, in his own way, from that storm.

Some with a tan from their pool. Others with scars on the soul (for invisible reasons).

It is very important to see beyond what is seen at first glance. Not just looking, more than looking, seeing.

See beyond the political party, beyond religion, beyond the nose on your face.

Do not underestimate the pain of others if you do not feel it.

Do not judge the good life of the other, do not condemn the bad life of the other. Don’t be a judge. Let us not judge the one who lacks, as well as the one who exceeds him.

We are on different ships looking to survive. Let everyone navigate their route with respect, empathy and responsibility.

Unknown author

Presented by Stanski

April 18, 2022 ^

The waves, a little bit arrogant, are pounding

The shoreline with determination.  Yesterday

We were given a beautiful Easter Sunday and

Now it is as though nature has its regrets.  I

Stayed quiet and prayed at home as I could not

Travel.  The phone did not ring all day, which told me that

my children were content and busy with their own plans. 

I do not remind them, but let them carry on as they will.  They

Were most likely helping others in their communities. 

Life progresses and we learn as we progress along the path. 

The waves are still active and have an angry look to them.

This, to me, is not a good omen.  There is no sunshine

And the skies are gray and cloudless.  Wind is

Swirling the branches on the trees.  “Friends” from

Downstate have not called to say they are here.

I am no longer important to them in their lives.

Today would be Carol’s and my 58^th wedding

Anniversary.  She passed to her heavenly reward

On November 6, 2010.  It often seems that she is

About.  She was usually content and only suffered

The anguish that most parents do from time to time,

When their children are moving in the wrong direction.

Snow flurries are pouring down, but the beauty of

Easter will carry me through April.  I pray for the world

Conditions to improve as I continue to heal.

Stanski on April 18, 2022 ^