Welcome to your weekly audio LoveGram.
I’m so grateful to be connected to you through these weekly LoveGrams.
Today’s audio to you is all about belonging.
It is about how we connect to ourselves, to others, to the world.
Listen by clicking to this page, then scrolling down until you see the audio player.
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I walked into my studio at 5:30am, coffee cup in hand, ready to talk to you. I didn’t know exactly what I was going to say or where our conversation would go.
It was as if there were a scrap of paper in my pocket that said, “belonging” and I pulled it out, read it, and then it blew out of my hand and was carried on the wind down the street!
I simply followed it.
And that scrap of a thought, that word, “belonging,” took me places.
And YOU came along.
I hope you will take fifteen minutes to listen because LIFE sure did offer up some of her gorgeous wisdom this morning.
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What enables you to feel like you belong in your life, in your friendships, in your family, in your community, on this planet?
What helps you connect to that sense of belonging?
Do you know how to choose to feel included?
In the song I play for you today and the lyrics I share, I think there is one big clue to belonging.
The other clue is the process that I share with you of how I create these LoveGrams. (Spoiler: it has to do with allowing ourselves the space to follow breadcrumbs of curiosity!)
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I want to keep following this little scrap of paper called “belonging” that is blowing in the winds of my life.
Where will it take me/us?
Later this week, I am going to send you some information about a free mini-class I have called “Permission and Belonging.”
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I see you.
I know you belong right here, with me.
I know you belong to this life, this planet, everyone you meet.
I applaud you for being courageous enough to keep exploring who you are and what your heart has to say.
I’m here with you. We are all just walking each other home. (Thank you, Ram Dass.)
Seek celebration — even in dark corners,
xo Sherry
P.S. Here’s the link to the song you hear in today’s audio: R.E.M song, “Belong.”
P.P.S. Special shout out to my wonderful friend, Greggie, whom I talk about in today’s audio. Greggie shared one of the most scary and difficult times of my life with me — a time of deep depression. We listened to a lot of R.E.M back then — and there was a beautiful sense of belonging in that friendship — even when I thought I didn’t belong on the planet. Sending special greetings to you, Gregory Dean!