2 Thoughts on 1 Year of COVID-19


Thought 1: When the pandemic started I never really thought that it would linger for over a year; I didn’t want to believe it. But the #SpanishFlu was in the back of my mind, and that pandemic lasted at least 18 months.
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⁣Thought 2: I’m trying to see the silver lining, not just in these beautiful nightblooms that I took several months ago, but that we have an opportunity to destigmatize #MentalHealth concerns in a bigger way than ever before! Because, IMHO, this pandemic has certainly helped bring mental health issues to the forefront. I don’t think we will really understand the full impact of 2020 for many years. And frankly I think it’s affected us psychologically in ways that we don’t entirely appreciate or are fully aware of yet. But healing is ahead ️
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⁣So please: reach out to people you haven’t talk to you for a while. Call that person that you’re thinking of. And if you’re in a low-risk area like Hawaii, even hug that person, if you feel safe. Life can feel pretty lonely, even if it’s not a pandemic, so try to be patient and loving with yourself and those around you.

Take time for self-care. I love you. Aloha. #luckywelivehawaii #nofilter

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Photo: A Reflection in Memory poem


Everything
you’ve ever heard
or thought of
is in the past,
a reflection
in memory.
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⁣There has never been a moment more present than this one.
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⁣What will you create next?

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Photo: Sunset at Onekahakaha Beach Park panorama & Annica Poem


What is fixed?
What is permanent?
In this ever-flowing,
Ever-changing
UNIVERSE
Of warm light,
Lava rock,
And Ocean?
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Hawaii is a focal,
A point of change
Formed by a hotspot
In the middle of the ocean.
How remarkable,
So blessed I am
To live
On an Improbable Rock
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Photo: Duck Eggs? A Haiku at Carlsmith Beach Park, Hawaii


Sometimes I am inspired to write a silly haiku. This is an important spiritual practice 😉

This one is about one of the wonderful afternoons I had last week. (Also, it’s tricky to write a haiku with the word “nests,” but there was no getting around it! I also wonder if finding two nests was some kind of strange sign. How many nests have you found this week?)
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⁣What a time to play!
⁣⁣Found two nests in one day
⁣⁣By the Hilo Bay
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#GottaBeAGoodSignRight? #NoFilter #ShotInRaw #HiloBay #HiloHaiku #CarlsmithBeachPark #FindingNests

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