The Chenoo

This week we look deeper at the movement from worry to care– worry, as a fear based reactivity and care, as a wise strong compassionate connected responsiveness.  This movement is a powerful support in challenging times.  I share Joseph Bruchac’s version of The Chenoo, a story of a man-eating ice giant from the far north and a young woman who faced him, as a metaphor for understanding both the reactivity and responsive sides of ourselves and where our deepest strength lies. When I say it’s you I like, I’m talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can ever see, or hear, or touch. That deep part of you that allows you to stand for those things without which humankind cannot survive. Love that conquers hate. Peace that rises triumphant over war. Injustice that proves more powerful than greed.  So, in all that you do in all of your life, I wish you the strength and the grace to make those choices which will allow you and your neighbor to become the best whoever you are. Fred Rogers