SHE BRINGS LIGHT FROM THE WILDE
Another Zoom call. You’ll see me sitting in my parent’s bedroom, criss cross on the floor, my cup of tea slowly growing cold as I smile and nod. A face appears on my screen. It’s my dear friend, Sarah Sue. She’s sitting in her Jeep. Quarantine has both of us in corners, crafting an ounce of privacy for this twenty-first century conversation. Her hair is growing out. She shaved her head last summer and now look at those curls coming back. Isn’t it beautiful watching our friends change. I’ve watched her become a mom. As we speak, I know her baby and her husband are up in their tiny apartment in Bellingham, WA. For one hour, I have her all to myself. We’re talking about what it means to have a ‘soul calling’. Sarah Sue is a medicine woman, a fire fighter in the forest, a herbalist, an old soul, a mama who listens closely to her child’s teachings and a friend who guides me back to the wilderness. In the middle of my panic attack, she says, “Go climb a mountain,” and she’s right. I find my freedom at the summit. This woman senses the darkness, walks straight into the most wilde fire and back to her tribe she carries the light. Speak Sarah Sue. What is on your heart?
“I don’t have time or energy for angry activism. Fuck that shit. And really, who’s going to listen to an angry activist? That’s not healthy supportive communication. We’ve got to stop all this violent communication because that’s not how we see results. Honestly, when we’re not living sustainably we’re also making ourselves chronically ill. I wouldn’t be here today if it wasn’t for the support I had from nature. The way that we were headed before this pandemic, climate change was terrifying, especially having a two year old son. I was so overwhelmed and intimidated by it during quarantine and the part that finally was enough to drive me forward was that I have to do this now. Before, it wasn’t relevant but I have to do this. I want to create light. I want to create light that counters all the fear and heaviness of this time. I want to create an opportunity for us to get together and empower people to learn how to protect themselves, how to take care of themselves and inspire themselves to be better people. A big part of my soul purpose is to be a speaker for those who don’t have voices; a speaker for the trees like the Lorax, a speaker for the furry ones and the feathered ones. Can I figure out how to do activism in a way that is loving, gentle, inspiring and empowering in the midst of whatever work I do? That is the place where I receive the most regeneration and healing. I also think about the gifts that I came into the world with, how those have led me to where I’m at. I was granted gifts by spirit and in order to really honor them it’s about utilizing them and creating vehicles in which to use them and give them back. I want to make the world a better place. That’s what really drives me in the end, at the end of the day; did I make a different today with these skills that I’ve been gifted and have worked hard to develop? Have I made the best of them?”
Featuring the Voice and Wisdom of Dr. Sarah Sue Myers.
Listen to our full conversation on my podcast:
Episode 90: What Is Your Soul Calling Dr. Sarah Sue Myers?
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