HUUF WEEKLY

~ A Call to Connection ~

Reflection- The Medicine You Carry

To the Beloved Community~

I’ve been thinking this week about the tools that I carry.  About the unique medicine that is mine to offer to an ailing world.  At one point, I had convinced myself that my gifts were paltry compared to the more substantial offerings of others.  In a world facing climate catastrophe and a global pandemic, I have neither biological nor engineering knowledge to offer up.  In an age of massive inequality, I possess no strategic understanding of economics or policy to effectively shift the dial back to where it needs to be.  In an era where suffering and oppression exists on such a large scale, I remain but one insignificant soul raising my fist in solidarity and rage, a tiny handprint in a vast, torrential sea.
It is an interesting story to fall into, this narrative of lack.
Of scarcity.
Of not enough.
Here, living in one of the most affluent countries on earth, with so much privilege and blessing afforded to me, what does it say that I am still humming a tune that renders me impoverished?  In a life that has known almost constant abundance, what does it mean that I am habituated to a fable of want?
I guess the good news is that I can always wake up to that story.
I can choose, by just attuning to it, to catch myself inside a faulty plot line.  I can rewrite the ending by pausing inside the messy middle I am in.  Let a new character recount my tale.
What medicine do I carry?
And who has need of it?
I hold Words: Important, I can see now, because we are wired to be storytelling creatures in our core.  And when we are attempting to shift the culture, change the world – we need new language, creeds, mantras & principles to gather inside.
I hold Music: Needed because humming quite literally calms the animal body – taking us out of the fiery loop of fight-or-flight and settling us into a place inside ourselves where we can finally rest, process, assimilate & receive, renew.  And maybe, because, in this new world we are slowly unearthing – Beauty must have a prime seat.
I hold Movement: Because we have forgotten, as Mary Oliver tells us, “the soft animal of [our] bodies”, the inherent nourishment of the Breath, and our “place in the family of things”.
I hold Laughter: Though the revolution may not be televised, it damn well better come with some full, belly laughs & a spirit of sterling JOY to see us through what’s next.
May these humble elixirs aid you, my friends.
And may they remind you – “over and over” – of the own healing power you possess in this Life.
No gift is too small or insignificant.
And that healing takes on many, many forms.

yours,
in grace & gratitude,
Amy Day (she/her)
Fellowship Engagement Coordinator

Important Dates For May

May 1 – Groundbreaking begins on the Nature-based Playscape!!!
May 2 – In our Sunday morning RE Gathering, we’ll begin exploring the Soulful Home theme of STORY (see packet attached below)
 sm_2021-05_sh_story.docx
– Also, our RE Committee will have our monthly (in-person) meeting at 12:30 pm.  Join us!
May 8 – 10-12, Join us for our make-up Earth Day celebration @ HUUF & All-Ages Song Circle time!
May 9 – Mother’s Day!
May 19 – Our second-to-last, virtual Parent Support meetup – On the Porch – using the materials from Soulful Home.  Open to ALL.
May 23 – Mindful Movement Sunday with Kids’ Yoga Teacher & Guest, Jessalyn DeLucchi
May 30 – Service Sunday – with guest from a local organization with info on how we can be of service in our local community – TBA