[Fredslist] A Silver Lining

[Janet Sullivan]

Thank you so much for this .  It brought me to tears.   Yours, Janet
Sullivan, NY State Licensed Psychoanalyst and music therapist.

On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 11:33 AM Haims, Arlene <
ahaims at alliedwealthpartners.com> wrote:

> Thank you Tom!  We need these reminders.
> Best to you and all of our Gotham family.
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> Arlene K. Haims, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF
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> On Mar 20, 2020, at 11:13 AM, Tom Gallin <tomg at gallin.com> wrote:
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> Hi All,
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> My business coach, Lisa Aldisert, shared the following with me so I am
> going to share it with you:
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>  Brother Richard Hendrick, a Capuchin Franciscan living in Ireland,
> penned a touching poem about coronavirus. He shared "Lockdown" in a
> Facebook post on Friday, March 13. Since then, it has gone viral.
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> *Lockdown *
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> by Brother Richard
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> Yes there is fear.
> Yes there is isolation.
> Yes there is panic buying.
> Yes there is sickness.
> Yes there is even death.
> But,
>
> They say that in Wuhan after so many years of noise
> You can hear the birds again.
>
> They say that after just a few weeks of quiet
> The sky is no longer thick with fumes
> But blue and grey and clear.
> They say that in the streets of Assisi
> People are singing to each other
> across the empty squares,
> keeping their windows open
> so that those who are alone
> may hear the sounds of family around them.
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> They say that a hotel in the West of Ireland
> Is offering free meals and delivery to the housebound.
> Today a young woman I know
> is busy spreading fliers with her number
> through the neighbourhood
> So that the elders may have someone to call on.
> Today Churches, Synagogues, Mosques and Temples
> are preparing to welcome
> and shelter the homeless, the sick, the weary
> All over the world people are slowing down and reflecting
> All over the world people are looking at their neighbours in a new way
> All over the world people are waking up to a new reality
> To how big we really are.
> To how little control we really have.
> To what really matters.
> To Love.
> So we pray and we remember that
> Yes there is fear.
> But there does not have to be hate.
> Yes there is isolation.
> But there does not have to be loneliness.
> Yes there is panic buying.
> But there does not have to be meanness.
> Yes there is sickness.
> But there does not have to be disease of the soul
> Yes there is even death.
> But there can always be a rebirth of love.
> Wake to the choices you make as to how to live now.
> Today, breathe.
> Listen, behind the factory noises of your panic
> The birds are singing again
> The sky is clearing,
> Spring is coming,
> And we are always encompassed by Love.
> Open the windows of your soul
> And though you may not be able
> to touch across the empty square,
> Sing.
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> Happy Spring!
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> [image: Lisa]
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> Regards,
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> Tom Gallin
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