If Your Time Is Short - Poem written in 1869 by Kathleen O'Mara

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History Repeats Itself - Poem written in 1869 Kathleen O'Mara

And people stayed at home

And read books

And listened And they rested

And did exercises

And made art and played And learned new ways of being

And stopped and listened More deeply Someone meditated, someone prayed

Someone met their shadow

And people began to think differently

And people healed.

And in the absence of people who Lived in ignorant ways

Dangerous, meaningless and heartless,

The earth also began to heal

And when the danger ended and People found themselves

They grieved for the dead And made new choices

And dreamed of new visions

And created new ways of living

And completely healed the earth Just as they were healed