The (Human) Spirit Within
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Despite the computer hackers, conspiracy theorists, common criminals, those ignoring Covid-19 safety regulations and anyone else hell bent on targeting the human spirit, its resilience to such destructive forces remains an inspiration. Yes, it can feel pain and immeasurable hurt, but in most of us, it is blessed with powers or recuperation, survival and renewal second to none.
Not long ago, I saw an elderly man slip and fall on a plastic coffee cup carelessly thrown on to the pavement. Fortunately, although badly shaken, he was able to raise a smile and reassure me that no bones appeared to be broken, only bruised, and adamantly refused to let me play safe by calling an ambulance. “I can walk, so can’t be too much the worse for wear,” was his lively response, “NHS staff have too much on their plates at the moment with the coronavirus, I can’t go adding a few bruises when there are people’s lives to save…” I gave him my phone number and he promised to call if he needed any help later. As I watched him go, at first a little shakily then with growing confidence, I had to admire the man for an indomitable human spirit not untypical of his generation; it struck me as something quite beautiful, and I felt inspired for witnessing it.
Having felt very unwell recently, that simple act of defying odds and self-resolve to overcome them continues to encourage and inspire me to view the rising threat of a new mutation of Covid-19 with a positive-thinking mindset.
There are, after all, things in life that may well defeat us in part, but never as a whole, given a whole that includes a human spirit that, as likely as not, will leave its mark not only on the Here-and Now, but for generations to come.
'Beauty is power; its smile is a sword.' - John Ray
THE (HUMAN) SPIRIT WITHIN
World,
grown dark,
its
peoples sick at heart
for
the fears
insinuating
mind-body-spirit,
threatening
its
positive life forces, giving
negatives
all
the excuses they need, and more
to
assume control
Powers
of darkness,
the
likes of prejudice and hate.
attempting
to
win over such powers of light
as
empathy,
humility,
modesty, such love
for
humanity
as
would always see its natural affinity
with
beauty kept safe
Beauty,
a feeling for all
that’s
right, good and fair, giving
the
Spirit of Light
an
advantage from the start
over
any negatives
that
may well find ways to send
humankind
into
free fall, have us answer to mortality
even
before our time
Beauty,
though masking
its
finer qualities from time to time
to
keep them safe
from
such hackers as connive
to
turn enough tables
likely
to wreak chaos, destruction,
even
worse,
engages
with the Spirit of Love to mentor all
those
who live to learn
Such
is the spirit within, empowering humanity
to
turn any (apparent) defeat into a victory
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