Dear Creative Friends,
It has been a while ... I haven't had the words to inspire or to console. I've been letting my soul be nourished by those much wiser and clearer about things than I am, and I am so grateful for all those who are leading the way with their courage and strength in these times.
As I've been reading and meditating and trying to understand what is mine to do right now, I am finding that these times of transformation have been predicted for some time. I've had the following quote by Maryanne Radmacher above my desk for years:
It is not the easy or convenient life for which I search -
but rather life lived to the edge of all my possibility
Well, if I wasn't living close enough to that edge of possibility, I have now been given a chance to re-evaluate, re-consider and re-assess why I was given this opportunity to be alive on this beautiful earth right now. I'm walking the labyrinth and creating, and hoping for clarity in the midst of the stillness.
I hope you are finding ways of being right now that work for you, and that you are being gentle with yourself.
Years ago, after returning from a trip to South Africa in the midst of the AIDs pandemic, I remember feeling that the problem was so overwhelming and the number of people affected so huge, that I couldn't do anything to make a difference. Then I remembered the story of the man on the beach throwing the starfish back into the ocean. I realized I couldn't solve it all, but I could do at least one small thing to make a difference. I chose to support
Woza Moya Project in the Ufafa Valley of South Africa.
Today I remembered I could do something small. I created this bumper stick and ordered 1,000 to hand out. That felt like something I could do. As soon as they arrive I'll be including them in any order packages I send out and giving them away.
