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Healing Conversations

5/2/2024

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Gratitude

Thank you. For the ongoing support and care after last week’s newsletter.

Sharing with you has been so healing.

I appreciate your ability to both hold space and to share your own stories with me.

Brené Brown has it correct:

“Courage gives us a voice and compassion gives us an ear. Without both, there is no opportunity for empathy and connection.”
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“Keep inviolate an area of light and peace within you.”
~ Corazon Aquino

Healing Community
Better Together

Hello!

This weekly ritual of writing to you is such a gift. I’ve known that, but it was never more evident to me than last week.

I have rarely shared my Columbine story. Doing so in this format wasn’t easy. I cried a lot. As it turns out, writing to all of you, and the subsequent conversations that continue taking place, have taken some of the pressure out of my body and being. Like a long, slow exhale that needed to be released..

Thank you.

Truth? I’m still settling into this new space. And, I want to be with it a bit more. Amidst the pain, there’s sweetness that emerges through connection and empathy. That’s what I want to savor.

So, as spring bursts into bloom and everyone seems to get even more busy, I   want to gift us all a reminder;  

“Be a lamp or a lifeboat or a ladder.
Help someone’s soul heal.
Walk out of your house like a shepherd.”
~ Rumi

If you missed Corazon Aquino’s quotation in the middle of this newsletter, take another read. In fact, go ahead and read it again regardless. 👀⬆️

The word “inviolate” is not something I would have come up with. And it’s perfect.

Same with Rumi wanting us to walk out of our house like a “shepherd.” The word, possibly the translation, hits my ear a little funny. But, when I consider its meaning, I understand the brilliance.

Thank you for being a source of light.
For yourself. For all those around you.

~ m 🦋

P.S. Speaking of LIGHT | Save the date | THE Summer Solstice event.
Gentle yoga & soothing sound bath along Lake Michigan. ☀️🙏🏽
Thursday, June 20 | Oval Beach | Teresa VanEyk, Harvey Deutch, and Me 🥰
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