The skies are clearing, water is running clearer, people are connecting with their families - isn’t this what people have been asking for? We have been screaming for the Powers-That-Be to deal with global warming - ask and you shall receive.

Just like when you make a wish with a genie, the wish always has an unfortunate twist that we did not foresee. We didn’t realize that pollution and global warming are tied to economy. But wait! We want to make money and do all our fun things AND have a healthy earth. Well, this epidemic is really showing us that we have to make a decision - environment or economy. The answer isn’t going to be from the top down but from the ground up.

WE ARE THE ANSWER TO A COLLAPSING ENVIRONMENT.

Let’s put this in perspective- isn’t it better to be quarantined in our own homes with food and our family than to be displaced because of rising oceans, and no food because of collapsing agriculture, while watching life die on the planet? This type of life is what we are handing the next generation.

We will drive our kids all over the place and give them crappy toys but what about a future?

We feel stuck, struck and fucked but can we move towards acceptance and readjusting our needs, patterns and work. If we embrace spending time at home we become homesteaders; making our own things to take care of our needs, planting food, teaching our children and fixing our homes. Add the tchno-beat, we can use the internet in ways that will probably increase. But be careful not to use it as a way to avoid the seriousness of this life adjustment by just tuning out. We need to be present and aware even in the silence of our situation. Luxuriate in the silence and the time. We complain that we don’t have the time, well now we do.

TIME IS A LUXURY, NOW THAT WE HAVE IT, HOW CAN WE VALUE IT AND NOT JUST WAIST IT.

Who are we if we are not our job, our to-do list, our parties? Can we wake up, get in touch and become different, with simpler needs? If we can do the inner work to transform ourselves we can become a different human race that will hopefully have less impact and not darken the skies and muddy the waters with all of our superfluous needs.

KEEP IT SIMPLE.