Greetings,
“Truth’s initial commotion is directly proportional to the depth to which the lies were believed.” — by a Holistic Doctor
This profound quote struck a deep chord when I heard it several months ago. And now, here we are…
For many, when they see, believe and live the well-packaged web of lies, the Truth will seem preposterous and the speaker a raving lunatic. And the Great Shattering that was 2020 and now into 2021 brings us to the knife’s edge, slicing away and being sliced away, by the Truth. Shock stems from our belief in that web of lies. No more. The strands of the web are being cut. And, like the spider, we are FREE to weave another web. YES!
May it be made of Love, Light, Truth, Respect for ALL Being. It’s TIME.
[Note: Papatūānuku = Mother Earth in Maori]
Rest now, e Papatūānuku
Breathe easy and settle
Right here where you are
We’ll not move upon you
For awhile
We’ll stop, we’ll cease
We’ll slow down and stay homeDraw each other close and be kind
Kinder than we’ve ever been.
I wish we could say we were doing it for you
as much as ourselves
But hei aha
We’re doing it anywayIt’s right. It’s time.
Time to return
Time to remember
Time to listen and forgive
Time to withhold judgment
Time to cry
Time to think
About others
Remove our shoes
Press hands to soil
Sift grains between fingers
Gentle palms
Time to plant
Time to wait
Time to notice
To whom we belong
For now it’s just you
And the wind
And the forests and the oceans and the sky full of rain
Finally, it’s raining!Ka turuturu te wai kamo o Rangi ki runga i a koe
Embrace it
This sacrifice of solitude we have carved out for you
He iti noaiho – a small offering
People always said it wasn’t possible
To ground flights and stay home and stop our habits of consumption
But it was
It always was.
We were just afraid of how much it was going to hurt
and it IS hurting and it will hurt and continue to hurt
But not as much as you have been hurt.
So be still now
Wrap your hills around our absence
Loosen the concrete belt cinched tight at your waist
Rest.
Breathe.
Recover.
Heal –
And we will do the same.
——Jacinta Ardern, Maori Prime Minister of New Zealand
DEFENDING DEMOCRACY
From neighbor-to-neighbor conversations about the issues to responding to voter intimidation, rural Oregonians have defended democracy in every county at every turn! ROP launched the Defend Democracy initiative to counter disinformation about who can vote and how to vote, to support all voters in safely accessing ballot drop boxes and to deescalate any election-related threats and intimidation. The initiative included the Defend Democracy hotline, toolkit and radio public service announcements. We received and responded to hotline calls ranging from overflowing ballot drop sites in Clatsop County to stolen yard signs in Lake County to armed people stopping voters at a ballot drop site in Springfield.
The STAND Election Guide by and for rural Oregonians that shared easy-to-understand information on the ballot measures and how to vote in English and Spanish was distributed statewide through 36,000 paper copies, social media, and more than 19 community radio stations! We broadcast a special election edition of our Rural Roots Rising radio show and podcast to include our ballot measure recommendations, stories of human dignity groups organizing around the elections and helpful public service announcements for stations.
Human dignity groups called thousands of voters to talk about the issues, organized ballot pick-ups and deliveries to drop boxes and set up outside of health clinics to pass out personal protective equipment, register people to vote and hand out STAND Guides! Thanks in large part to rural communities getting out the vote, Oregon passed ground-breaking statewide ballot measures that advance democracy, racial justice, decriminalization, and access to drug treatment.
“Life hurts at times. It hurts to have a body at times, hurts to be born, hurts to live, hurts to die, but it can be ecstasy beyond comprehension. You can know that ecstasy. It is inside of you.” – Rama
Gradually my personal grief became the collective grief, and from that came a deepening of compassion for all of us — and especially for those who have the courage to love.
— David Crow
“Gratitude turns what we have into enough”
Aesop
“Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life”
Mark Twain
Here’s a friend embracing her NEW look!
“Breathe in for all of us and breathe out for all of us,” “We can use our personal suffering as the path to compassion for all beings.” — Pema Chodron
Time to join us!!! Kathy and I are diving into this NOW Year 2021 through the portal of the upcoming New Moon. Plenty of practical and woo woo info to share, with Astrology as our toolbox. And it’s a beautiful way for us to SEE each other’s shining faces!
This New Moon will bring forth palpable shifts in your energy and we’ll offer specific support on how to ride the waves of “What’s Next?” for you! NOW is the time for plowing and planting the seeds for the next 12 years of your life. How cool is that?!?!?
Please join us on WEDNESDAY, Jan. 13th at 6pm and we’ll ZOOM! together!
Love and Light,
Gi
Music: Strength, Courage and Wisdom
Gi