STOP.
JUST STOP.
DON’T MOVE.
IT IS NOT A REQUEST ANYMORE. IT IS AN OBLIGATION.
I AM HERE TO HELP YOU.
THIS MENTAL ROLLER COASTER HAS LOST ITS RAILS.
NO MORE TRAINS, SCHOOLS, SHOPPING CENTRES, OR PUBLIC MEETINGS.
I HAVE BROKEN THIS HECTIC HURRICANE OF FALSE ILLUSIONS AND OBLIGATIONS THAT PREVENTED YOU FROM RAISING YOUR EYES AT THE SKY,
FROM LOOKING AT THE STARS,
LISTENING TO THE SOUND OF THE SEA, LISTENING TO THE SOUND OF BIRDS’ CHIRPING,
FROM ROLLING OVER THE GRASS,
PICKING AN APPLE FROM THE TREE,
SMILING AT THE ANIMALS IN THE WOOD,
BREATHING THE MOUNTAIN,
LISTENING YOUR INNER VOICE.
I AM FORCING YOU TO PAUSE EVERYTHING.
YOU WERE CONVINCED TO BE GOD.
WE HAVE A MUTUAL DUTY, AS IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN, EVEN IF YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN THIS.
I AM PAUSING THE OVERWHELMING ABUNDANCE OF DISTRACTIONS AND LIES, TO DELIVER THIS MESSAGE TO YOU:
YOU ARE NOT DOING WELL, NO ONE IS DOING WELL.
YOU ARE SUFFERING.
LAST YEAR, THOSE MANY FIRES TAKING PLACE, CAUSING PAINFUL FLAMES TO THE EARTH’S LUNGS DID NOT STOP YOU!
NEITHER THE GLACIERS MELTING, OR YOUR CITIES THAT ARE DISAPPEARING DUE TO SEA-LEVEL RISE;
NOR THE FACT THAT YOU ARE THE ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION.
YOU DIDNT HEAR ME OUT!
IT IS INDEED DIFFICULT TO LISTEN, BEING SO BUSY TO CLIMB HIGHER AND HIGHER THE TOWER OF COMFORT YOU HAVE BUILT FOR YOURSELF.
THE WORLD’S FOUNDATIONS ARE COLLAPSING BY THE WEIGHT OF YOUR MATERIALISTIC OBSESSION.
I AM HERE TO HELP.
I AM GOING TO PROVOKE FLAMES TO YOUR BODY,
I AM GOING TO FLOOD YOUR LUNGS,
I WILL ISOLATE YOU AS A POLAR BEAR ON AN ICEBERG IN THE OPEN SEA.
WILL YOU NOW LISTEN TO ME?!
YOU ARE NOT DOING WELL.
AND THUS, I AM NOT YOUR ENEMY HERE.
I AM JUST A MESSENGER, AN ALLY, THE FORCE THAT WILL RESTORE THE BALANCE.
NOW YOU WILL HAVE TO HEAR ME OUT.
I AM SHOUTING: YOU GOT TO STOP!
STOP.
REMAIN SILENT.
LISTEN.
THEN GAZE YOUR EYES AT THE SKY.
HOW DOES IT LOOK?
THERE ARE NO MORE PLANES.
WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN TO REALLY BENEFIT FROM THE OXYGEN YOU BREATHE?
LOOK AT THE OCEAN. HOW IS IT?
LOOK AT THE RIVERS? HOW DO THEY LOOK?
LOOK AT THE EARTH. HOW IS IT?
LOOK AT YOURSELF.
HOW ARE YOU?
YOU CAN’T BE HEALTHY IN A SICK ENVIRONMENT.
STOP.
MANY OF YOU ARE SCARED AT THE MOMENT.
DON’T ESCAPE YOUR FEAR, DON’T LET IT OVERWHELMING YOU.
LISTEN TO WHAT IT IS TELLING YOU.
LISTEN TO ITS WISDOM.
LEARN TO SMILE THROUGH YOUR EYES.
I WILL HELP YOU AS LONG AS YOU WILL LISTEN TO ME.
Take this self quarantine as precious time not to just hear…
….news, gossips, opinions, scientists, numbers, models, and noise over louder noise.
LISTEN and THINK…
We Italians, are just being forced to do it earlier than you.
So, don’t waste priceless time we didn’t have….
Don’t ignore, underestimate, narrow and refuse the reality in front and around you. The earlier you guide your mind to a changed truth, the better you equip yourself for the hard times ahead.
I BEG YOU: #STAYHOME!
