And suddenly the world paused.

Nature told us to stop

To go home

To take a deep long thorough look within

To stop messing with her

To let her breathe

She told us how tired she was

How tired she is

And we had no choice

But to stop.

So we froze

We found stillness because we had no choice

And we dared to take a peek inside

And we saw pain, and neglect, and abandonment

We saw carelessness, and corruption

We saw ache, and stress, and longing

And still we stood right there

Suffering yet curious,

We stood there just a little bit longer,

Uncomfortable, sad, and heavy with realizations

And just when we were about to quit,

we saw something else:

We saw calm and peace and joy in the littlest of things

We saw ourselves and the way we are when no one is watching

We saw love, and grace, and compassion

We saw care, empathy and connection

We saw purity, and light, and spirituality

We sat there silently

And saw God  wave at us,

from the inside,

shinning bright

And then mother nature whispered,

Thank you and now you know it too

And the air felt cleaner

And the fog was gone

And the mountains stood taller

And the grass seemed greener

And the dolphins were curious again

And we knew and forever will know

We’re made up of sunshine and storm

Of great and terrible

Of health and sickness

Of love and fear

Of life and death

We are made of lessons

We are made of water

We are meant to live intertwined and connected

We are meant for so much

And we’ve only got one planet,

one chance,

one life

And this, is yet another invitation

to become who we were meant to be

Because the place where we are right now, God circled in a map for us.