☀️ The Daily Boost #871
Sending you light
The Daily Boost (published weekdays) is one of the newsletters of The Raft, the online community of author Phyllis Cole-Dai. We Rafters ride the river of life buoyed by music, poetry, and other arts, along with open spiritual practice. Most everything here is free, but patrons (paid subscribers) get some special perks as a gesture of gratitude.
Every so often, I have to share this video with you again. From every inch of my heart, top to bottom, through and through.
SENDING YOU LIGHT Melanie DeMore I am sending you Light, To heal you, To hold you I am sending you Light, To hold you in Love I am sending you Light, To heal you, To hold you I am sending you Light, To hold you in Love No matter where you go No matter where you’ve been You’ll never walk alone I feel you deep within Refrain: So I am sending you Light, To heal you, To hold you I am sending you Light, To hold you in Love I am sending you Light, To heal you, To hold you I am sending you Light, To hold you in Love No matter what you feel or what you choose to show I’m always there for you And so I want you to know That I am sending you Light, To heal you, To hold you Refrain I walk the path with you Go slow dear one don’t hurry I’ll go just like you need to go There is no need to worry 'Cause I am sending you Light, To heal you, To hold you Refrain
(My thanks to Melanie DeMore and pianist Julie Wolf, via Irene Young.)
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By reading the comments I see I am not the only one who really needed this today. I buried my 20 year old cat Sunnybunny on Saturday and my heart has been heavy. I eased that heaviness a bit with a "helpers high" yesterday, volunteering at a Gratitude Picnic at the sanctuary gardens where I spend my time. Hearing this song, this morning, opened the flood gates and I realized some cathartic tears were also helpful. Once again, Phyllis, you nailed it with this offering. So much gratitude.
I shared it with my sister who is holding the weight of her young adult kids who are struggling mightily with mental health concerns, identity questions, despair at the world they fear...