In my home place, my heart place, here in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina we are having our first Spring in three years.
 
No matter how the flowers flowered or the bees have bee’d, the last two springs have felt gray. I could see Spring’s green buds opening day after day, but I could not feel it, could not really experience it.
 
Something new is happening now.
 
Now, I know we are all having radically different experiences due to geography and all that comes with it. But on this, the first Full Moon of Spring, in the spirit of sharing around the circle, I just want to let out a heart howl for the beauty and the healing I am witnessing in my local community, that in some way, its radiance may reach you, wherever you are.
 
People are out in the parks, on the sidewalks, in the restaurants, on the mountain trails, smiling and connecting with old friends and new ones like I haven’t seen in a good long time. And it’s not quite the same as before, when we took it for granted. People are out laughing and talking to strangers in a way that only hungry hearts can do. And it is truly a sight to behold.
 
I saw one of my favorite bands recently at a show that had been originally scheduled for April 2020, and had been rescheduled 3 times thereafter. That we were even standing there seemed like a miracle, and the fact that we were dancing together surely was one.
 
One song, in particular, struck me, straight to the soul, because it became a kind of ritual.
 
We sang the words:
“Everybody is a little bit broken and it’s alright.
It’s alright!
“Everybody is a little bit broken and it’s alright.
It’s alright!
“Everybody is a little bit broken and it’s alright.
It’s alright!”
 
We sang this declaration, this prayer, this forgiveness-mantra over and over, together.
 
As we did, I looked around at the faces and movements of those around me. I saw flashes of what they’d been through in the last two years.
 
“Everybody is a little bit broken and it’s alright. It’s alright!”
 
I looked at my husband and a good friend, knowing what they had been through in the last couple of years.
 
“Everybody is a little bit broken and it’s alright. It’s alright!”
 
I felt my own heart pounding in my chest, shattered and stitched back together more times than I can count.
 
“Everybody is a little bit broken and it’s alright. It’s alright!”
 
We sang and danced with gusto.
Because we are.
We really are.
 
What we have been through has been traumatic, on many levels, and no matter who you are, the statement is as true as it has ever been: Everybody is a little bit broken. And so is this one: It’s alright!
 
It is. 
Alright.
 
I feel so grateful to have one of my Soul-rituals back for as long as I get to have it. With the Moon as my witness, I will never take for granted, standing in a crowd of humans and resonating with the same idea and the same notes – in unison. It’s an ancient human practice. A treasure in the same family of the things we do when we are together in ritual space.
 
Bless The Wood Brothers for daring to get back out there to help people dance again and heal.
 
Bless all the broken hearts and broken people everywhere; You are the blessing in and of yourself. 
 
Bless the Spring, may it do continue to do what it does.
 
May we allow it.
Your Turn
 
Is there a song or an experience that has been healing for you recently? Please share about it – in the comments below.
Can’t wait to read ‘em. ♥️
 

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