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“To Heal, We Have to Remember”

01/31/2021 by Aruni

“To Heal, We Have to Remember”
Quote by President Joseph Biden

Yesterday was a hard day.  
All of it, everything, seemed dense,
Too heavy to even imagine a shift,
Despite the shifts that 
Have begun
To creak 
Themselves
Open.

It was a couch day, interrupted by dog walks, errands, 
Stuff.
But a couch day, nevertheless.

I napped and moped and erranded myself
Through the day.

Finally,
Hallelujah—
It was time!

OH THAT TIME,
The one that seems
To get earlier
These days.

The time to get in bed.

At 7:00 p.m.,
DELIGHTED AND RELIEVED
I cozied into bed…

(This is who I have become, 
The highlight of my day
Comes
At
The end of the day,
Most of it due to Most Adorable Animal Bed-Mate, 
(see pix below)

I quieted down.
I snuggled in.

I began to consider,

I began to ponder.

And I remembered
The words that 
Joe Biden spoke
At the memorial
For the COVID losses.

“To heal, we have to remember,” 

He said,
From a place of deep knowing.

Hum.

Perhaps I was pushing down too much?
Keeping myself too freakin’ busy?
Working too much?
Getting on with it all, too much?
Netflix-ing too much and with too little discernment?
Prematurely transcending?

Too much?

Perhaps I felt safe enough
Just for a few moments
With the new national shifts,
To begin to consider
My losses.

So
I let myself 
Remember 
What I missed.

And then I remembered.

And then I remembered.

I miss you.

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What do you miss?  Can you take a few moments and remember?
Breathe and remember?
Let me know.
Please,
Let
Me
Know.

~~~

Inspiration

 

This week, it was silliness that offered me inspiration.  Here are three.
First, Show me the way.  And I’ll show you.  Check out these friends:

 

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Next, for those of us who have trouble letting go.  Let’s honor and celebrate all parts of ourselves, shall we?


~~~

And finally, my source of inspiration, bedmate, playmate, snuggle-mate, walk-in-subzero-degree-temperatures-mate, my crack-me-up- mate, for whom the only thing is Right Here and Right Now, here is Niki B:

Picture by Barbara Schmich
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~~~

Dear Friends,
Let’s together imagine
The highest unfolding
For all.

Let’s imagine
The light of healing,
Touching us
All,

Renewing,
Realigning, 
Revisioning,
Rebirthing

Ourselves 
And 
Our
Glorious
Planet.

Be safe and well
And warm—

All blessings,
Aruni F.

And please keep in touch.  How are you?  What do you hold on to?  How do your friends support you?  What do you miss?  I would love to hear your voice.

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