'Here and Now - a Meditation'

Bushfires came, houses burnt, lives changed forever,
Animals died and people too.
 
Floods came, houses and possessions washed away,
Animals drowned and people too.
 
Covid came and affected us all
Mentally, physically, financially, or all three.
 
The rain came back,
More floods, more damage, more death.
 
Covid came again and again and again,
Until we thought we couldn't take any more.
 
Now there is war and famine
And global warming affecting us all
 
But we are still here,
With family and friends around us.
 
How shall we live in this new normal,
What will we do?
 
Give thanks for what we have,
it is greater than what we have lost.
 
Treat yourself kindly
That you may bring joy to others.


Jenny Monger
​August 2022
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