Mental Ice Age

It is the year twenty twenty two

Planet Earth in a mental ice age

It’s cold and the struggle is real for most

As many seek tools for survival

Sharp stones and wooden spears will not help you here.

Sadness, negative thoughts, fear, depression, anxiety, pain

Trapped frozen solid around the globe

Glaciers of emotions moving

Clumsily, aggressively, unaware

Eroding whatever gets in it’s path

Their glacial weight reshaping the world around us.

Some have succumbed.

Others have found ways to keep warm.

Others still learn to fly, unaffected by the land terrain, they soar like birds in the sky, having overcome their fears.

The courage it must have taken to take that first flight.

There are those who adapted and embraced their environment and harsh conditions. These are the orchids, the roses, the lilies,

Boldly sharing their beauty amidst the frozen world around them.

Their existence an inspiration.

A beacon of hope.

It is the year twenty twenty two

And there is promise of the melting ice

How close or distant we do not know.

Survival now means searching for and learning to use the tools we have now, staying open to new discoveries, facing our fears, and embracing the beauty around us.

Until the Ice Melts