June 2021 Blog Theme is Community
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It has been almost 16 months since the Pandemic began, and as I contemplated my theme for this month, I decided to choose community because honestly that is what helped me navigate these past months. So many aspects of the community of the light. There are the friends and neighbors around me right in my little walkable hamlet, my larger Town and the even more expanded virtual community of the light.
My Hudson River Valley NY town is a patchwork of small hamlets, villages and zip codes that combine into “Cortlandt Manor, NY” about 50 miles north of Manhattan. There have been countless people across a variety of professions who have worked the hardest they have ever worked in their lives during the pandemic. My friends who are physicians, nurses, food service workers, government employees, sanitation and highway employees to just name a few. Since the pandemic began a few of my very good friends have led massive efforts to help out our local community and I would like to share a little bit about them right now.
Kacey and Maria created Let It Shine Inc, a non-profit dedicated to women helping women. During the last 16 months they started a Food Pantry, a Farmers Market and the Let It Shine Again Boutique as well as several amazing free giveaways – some that were “drive by events” during the most dark times. Many others got involved and volunteered countless hours to making their community better through Let it Shine. To learn more about Let It Shine https://gatheringlove.org/the-pantry
Then there is my friend Clare who normally oversee the Nutrition Department of the local school district. Clare and her team knew there was food insecurity within some families in the district and they immediately set about providing thousands and thousands of lunches to anyone who needed food. They did this day in and day out from the parking lot behind the high school through every type of weather imaginable. On top of that every day Clare, who happens to also head the school Theatre Program recorded a Facebook Live Video complete with different costumes to let the people in the community know not only what was on the lunch menu each day but also that they were supported through this time. That none of us were alone. She dubbed her video’s “Lunch Lady Live”. People starting following those video’s from across the country just to get their daily dose of Clare helping people to laugh even through a Global Pandemic. Article “70,000 Meals Served out of a Parking Lot - Local Hero”
Then there is the virtual community of the light that included people like my fellow healers and therapists, Yogis, Sound Healers and the Circle of Women on Facebook and Zoom. Many virtual zoom group hugs with family members clients, and friends. All people supporting each other. Thank God for the helpers. Learn more about the Circle of Women on Facebook.
“When I was a boy I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping”
I can already sense myself forgetting just how heavy and difficult the past 16 months were. Before we move on to whatever the new normal will be, I really wanted to reflect on how fortunate I was to be surrounded by so many loving resilient people who were able lead others to get involved and support their community. Kacey, Maria, Clare and Kathleen are just a few incredible examples from my neck of the woods. These incredible selfless acts of courage, community and love took place all over our country.
Often, I find myself referring to “last year when we _____fill in the blank” and then realizing that what I am referring to actually 2019. You know the year before the Pandemic. Like I am trying to just skip 2020. It was like the year that wasn’t. But it so very much was and it required so much from so many.
As we emerge into this new post-Pandemic world, we can be impatient with ourselves and others, and we can be stubborn as we hold on to past attachments and expectations. Consider all the structures that have been forced to be flexible during the pandemic. We are being offered an opportunity to go inward, and to reevaluate our attachments and do some work to actively release them.
We also have the opportunity to embrace and accept change as it shows up individually for each of us. Be open to right timing and accept circumstances just the way they are. Being present, neutral, and available is the best way to manage and navigate these times as there are many unknowns and nothing is predictable except change itself.
June is the month to get outdoors! It is a time of year that is filled with celebrations – Pride month, graduations, weddings, Father’s Day to just name a few. June 21st is the Summer Solstice and one of my most favorite days as it is always energetically powerful. This is also a month where adaptability, transformation and transition are the energetic themes. Keep your vibration as high as you can and navigate it well. Know that we are here at Rose Healing to support you.