Appeal to the World

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Let’s Stop Together

THIS MOMENT WILL STOP EVERYTHING. STAND.

Stop.

For one moment. For one breath.

Let the whole world stop - cities and villages, factories and houses, streets and wastelands. Let your hands stop at work, thoughts on the run, steps in a hurry.

Pull over.

And look.

See your life as it is - not as it seems in your head. Look at your creations - at what you have created, at what you have abandoned, at what has waited for your gaze for years.

Look at the people next door. For a partner, a partner - do you see their eyes that were waiting for your presence every day? For a child who grew up in your arms, or maybe next to you, in the distance, unnoticed? To an old woman crossing the street - how much history does it carry, how much time has passed, how much is left?

Look at the world. The trees that breathed for you when you didn’t see them. To the birds that sang every season without asking if anyone was listening.

On the water - ocean, sea, lake, river - flowing, changing, eternal.

Stand and watch.

But not with the eyes, not with the mind. Look with your heart. Look with your soul. Can you see? What do you feel?

Close your eyes.

Can you feel the breeze? Can you feel it touching your skin, caressing your hair, enveloping you with its invisible presence? Can you feel the ground under your feet? She carried you all her life and you didn’t even thank her. Can you hear the sounds of this planet,