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So this is our sheltering and love talk number five and I thought I'd begin with some reports in the last 10 days of those navigating crisis from home.

One person writes, I still haven't decided where to go for Easter, that was last week. The living room or the bedroom.

Another day six of homeschooling. My child just said, I hope I don't have the same teacher next year. I'm offended.

Another. I'm so excited. It's time to take out the garbage. What should I wear?

One more for you. This morning I saw a neighbor talking to her cat. It was obvious she thought her cat understood her.

I came into my house and told my dog we laughed a lot. That was my favorite.

So even though in the exception of course is the front line workers, most of us are at home and we're in our apartments or we're in our houses.

And it's so easy to have the solution that you're home in your space. But others are out there engaged and with each other doing things that the world's still buzzing along.

You know, stores and trains and government and so on. And maybe you imagine me here with this staff or team producing this.

But actually it's just me here upstairs in my office. My dog is right over the next room. Jonathan a couple of rooms over.

Somewhere else in the house and my team is each in their own home. So it's really a kind of an illusion because the reality is we're all in our own spaces right now.

And just invite you to maybe close your eyes for a moment and reflect. Take a moment to imagine so many of us right here right now.

In our own spaces maybe with pets or family or alone. Looking into a screen or listening or with our eyes closed.

And you might bring the different countries to mind where people are coming from perhaps city settings, rural settings.

How we're all dressed pretty casually. No one's looking.

Sitting quietly reflecting right now. And as you sense others that we wouldn't be here. None of us would be here if we didn't have a longing in some way to wake up our hearts.

And you might mentally whisper, we are friends. We are friends.

Let's give it the benefit of the doubt to sense that because it deep down it's what we all want to feel connection and caring.

We are friends. And if you'd like to open your eyes please feel free.

So over the years when I'm about to give a talk and these are times especially if I'm feeling anxious.

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