Darkness of the Womb
A vulnerable video message from me to you (including a poem), information on ways to take action in the midst of the madness
When our days become dreary with low hovering clouds and our nights become darker than a thousand midnights, we will know that we are living in the creative turmoil of a genuine civilization struggling to be born. —Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Oh friends. What a time. I feel like just about every message of mine starts like this. With a sigh, a deep breath, a wtf is going on with our world?
Last night I felt called to make a video for you, so here it is in all of its unpolished humanness.
The messages that came to me after I sent my “truths” in my last email touched me more deeply than I have words to convey. I felt your words, your love, your beautiful humanness, in every little part of me. They mattered so much. Thank you for reaching back.
Something that I am very clear about right now (and there are so few things I am clear about) is that we must allow ourselves to feel every bit of what we feel—fear, fury, despair & everything in between—and, in the middle of the raging, roaring mess, we must reach for one another.
I truly think everything depends on this reaching for one another, on not cleaning up our beautiful, messy humanness, on allowing ourselves to do “it” (aka—life) our own unique way.
We are living in the creative turmoil of a genuine civilization struggling to be born. —Martin Luther King Jr.
I know the truth of MLK’s above words. And of Valarie Kaur’s words.
What if—what if this darkness is not the darkness of the tomb but the darkness of the womb? —Valarie Kaur
Speaking of darkness, struggle, things waiting to be born, as I have mentioned in previous messages, I am on a solo retreat in beautiful Vermont, and - wow. What a process it is to attempt to birth something into the world. It is beautiful and, at times, deeply painful too.
There is this battle between the scared, small, wounded self & the light, the bigness, that is trying to push through. I struggle. I remember to breathe. I remember to breathe. I struggle. And on & on it goes.
It is hard. And I wouldn’t trade it for anything.
For now, as I say in my video, please know that you are most certainly not alone.
I send you all of the love in me,
Julia xo
PS: Please see below for some resources on how to take action in the midst of the madness. It took far too long, but I finally canceled my Amazon account yesterday, and damn, did it feel good. Imagine if each of us decides to stop supporting the companies that are supporting the fall of our democracy? They rely on our money. Let’s stop giving it to them.
PPS: I am slowly finding some good information out there that helps answer the What can I do question. I downloaded the 5calls app & it’s very helpful. HERE is a link to a short video with some great information on how to make calls to your senators, etc…And here is another article that I found very helpful: If Every American did 3 of these 5 things…
Thank you for your written words Julie, and thank you for your sincere and love filled video.
Excellent info - really helpful and appreciated - my group will love the 5 calls app, and 3 things info, as do I. It’s every little bit of goodness we can collectively do to feel ok inside.