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:Pamela Gordon is currently in a ‘bubble of one. She lives on an organic farm near Puhoi. This poem is a snapshot of her thoughts during alert level 3 of Covid-19 lockdown.
My Intentions: In the Time Beyond Covid-19 ‘Accepting what is’, is a good start. It is futile to put up a resistance against ‘what is’. Non-acceptance is a denial of life. It is good sense, to say ‘yes’ to the ‘isness’. I remember the serenity prayer, ‘To accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference’. The past has gone, the future never arrives, .......except as the ‘now’. I am consciousness. I shall consciously try to live in the present. The ‘now’ is the only time I am actually alive. I am my life. I am life. I am. Staying connected, through my words, art, and music, and sharing my talents, time and energy, is vital for me. Pain and suffering will continue. More awareness is needed in this uncertain future. During this global pandemic, we continue to retreat within our borders, our cities, our towns, our street. I need to become more self-reliant and resilient, and our farm, be more sustainable, self-sufficient. My wider concern is for the health of the planet, the well-being of humans, other living things, and ecosystems... to avoid environmental collapse. Coronavirus is only temporary. Within this collective liminal space, I’m emptied. Now, room for new ideas, my consciousness is changing. Hopefully, I will emerge with new insights, ways to create and be, in a healthy society. Writing is my mid-wife to this transition and transformation. Within this liminality, I need a focus, need direction. I shall ‘follow my bliss’, find my place of joy, stretch, and do what makes me feel most alive, I shall nurture a sense of gratitude and humour, harmony, peace, awe and wonder, a sense of the sacred, I shall honour life with unbridled vigour. 4 5 2020
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