INSPIRATION
While grieving alongside the world, I am awake and aware. Many are suffering through uncertainty, stress of loneliness, unemployment, lack of income, home-schooling and social-isolation. Despite all the death, suffering and financial challenges, there is a silver lining in the coronavirus pandemic if we are still enough to see. In shining a light on a few of the positive outcomes, my intention is to help uplift us …
As I moved emotionally forward and inward in order to surrender to write a memoir, the symbol of Molly taught me to insulate my creative energies more conservatively and efficiently. Whales have an ancient knowledge of how to use the creative force of breath to conserve oxygen under water by decreasing blood flow to areas of their body where it’s nonessential. Thinking about my Molly, an ancient symbol for creation, showed me the magnificence and power of my own creativity. I learned not to keep myself small but to embrace my vulnerabilities and shine to find my authentic voice. My inner corrective emotional experience bookended by my whale dream and my encounter with Molly marked more than a decade of inner spiritual growth. As a result of being ill, I awakened to my true self and divinity.
