Day 6

January 6, 2021

This day will go down in history.

The question that started my day was; what are the elements needed in life to heal from trauma and to live a balanced life?  I know that they are community, support from others, a space for creative endeavor and I believe, therapy.  I started off the day with 2 one hour phone calls with 2 really close friends discussing this and other variables on the subject.  What is needed to fulfill one's heart?  And if it doesn't look like the old paradigm what does it look like and who can be part of one's tribe?

And throughout this I looked at the news which went from listening to Warnock's acceptance speech and feeling hope, to hearing that Pence was being taken off of the Congress floor, to thugs were being allowed to get up the Capitol Building steps and through the doors and into chambers.  These thugs have white skin, these thugs are sickos and the Capitol security officers were being chased up to the third floor into offices.  This was the beginning of the coup and people were still referring to it as protest; this was no protest,  this was an attack of terrorism.  

Still the Democrats took the Senate and Georgia showed us how it should be done.  People voted.  A lot of people voted.  They all need to be listened to now.  

My analysis of healing from trauma needs to be put aside right now, except we have to understand that a lot of what caused today's actions is a direct result of people not healing from trauma and placing a society in jeopardy and needing to heal from trauma as a whole.  We need to do the work of healing as a country now.  We all need to learn to listen.  We need to learn to have voice and be heard.  We need community.  We need spiritual practices and creative spaces.  We need each other.  

So even though my blog post tonight does not really see my question to the end, it does address that all these elements are connected.  I'm not going to conclude with anything, I'm just going to leave it.

Personally I feel completely overwhelmed and am having difficulty finishing tasks.  My drive was short today, I needed to be in my home.  I need to know that those I love with such strength are safe tonight, that everyone is out of harms way.  My mother used to say that when we were all adolescents she had to hear the door close six times before she could go to sleep.  That's how I feel tonight although no one will close my door.  Know I have strong love energy pointed at you.  My community of friends and family is everything.  You are why and how I live.  Good night.