Healing Relationships: 1 of 2
When we give ourselves to healing relationships – turning towards what’s alive inside and outside of us – we grow wholeness, connection, balance, love, and togetherness within ourselves, with others, and with all life. In return, life can turn towards us to provide spirit, inspiration, joy, motivation, knowledge, sustenance, and courage through the difficult movements and conversations that are often provoked during healing.
Our own lives, and the world we pass on to future generations, will be greatly shaped by the relationships we choose to being healing now. Choosing to heal relationships also gives our young ones greater skills, resiliency, and knowledge of togetherness for the chaotic times ahead. Our choices matter!
HOW DID THIS POSTER COME ABOUT? The inspiration for this poster came about as I thought about the network of relationships that we must heal – individually and collectively.
In the past, it has felt daunting to me to look at the big picture of these relationships. It’s very easy to get overwhelmed by the enormity of the path ahead.
Three things keep me balanced and focused on what needs to be done:
- I absolutely believe and trust my ancestors and relatives to help me see what needs to be done, and then provide the tools and resources to do so. This has proven to be the case over and over again.
- I know I personally can’t, and don’t have to, address all of these relationships at once, or even in my lifetime. I am one part of a living history of cross-generational spiritual and cultural movement. I have a specific set of roles that I do my best to fulfill. Then I take what I learn and pass it on to future generations so they can continue this path.
- I am motivated by love for my family, for my people, for my ancestors, for my home place, and for the interconnected network of spiritual beings that make up the world.
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