Letter From the Publishers | January 2021
Kendra & Jacqueline, Co-publishers
As we look
with hope to a new year and new beginnings, setting intentions and giving voice
to our innermost yearnings, let’s consider that there are spaces in this
universe that only we are here to fill.
In these
excerpts from her poem, A You-Shaped Hole,
writer Tara Sophia Mohr suggests there is wisdom in seeing our unique selves,
noting that we can act to affect our world in ways large and small;
“…The world has a you-shaped hole
in it.
It is missing what you see.
It lacks what you know and so you
were called into being.
To see the gap, to feel the pain of
it, and to fill it.
Filling it is speaking what is
missing.
Filling it is stepping into the
center of the crowd, into a clearing, and saying, here, my friends, is the
future.
…The world was made with a
you-shaped hole in it.
In that way you are important.
In that way you are here to make
the world.
In that way you are called.”
Our January
feature highlights the expanding realm of medical care, which by research and consumer
demand is moving to a place that values and attends to the whole person. Many
visionaries, such as those in our pages, have helped to forge this new
perspective by bringing reiki, massage, acupuncture, aromatherapy, meditation
and organic foods to medical institutions formerly hesitant to use these less
invasive and highly therapeutic modalities. We’ve seen many changes in the culture
of medicine over the past decade as communities everywhere are becoming more
aware of the powerful healing that can be experienced through these
interventions. Research is catching up with the visionaries, affirming the need
to focus on overall wellness and supporting advanced medical institutions that have
pivoted to begin treating the whole person.
By taking
one step at a time, the efforts and contributions of these pioneers have led to
significant change. Many acted upon a calling or were led down a path by their
own health crises or personal revelations, generating energy into meaningful careers
for helping others. When we respond to our own intentions and callings, we not
only improve our own lives, but have an influence in the world around us.
What
intentions will you set for yourself this year? What do you hope to illuminate
within and without?
Wishing
you a healthy, peaceful, and inspiration-filled new year,
Kendra and
Jacqueline
