One Voice (The Wailin' Jennys)

HOLLYBROOK

CLOSURE UPDATE

 Broward County Government Order

 We can do this together!

   

Effective Immediately

Per Broward County Order 20-05:

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, ALL recreation facilities COUNTYWIDE are CLOSED until further notice.

Read the order by clicking here

THE CLOSURES INCLUDE:

-       ALL Pools

-       ALL BBQ Areas

-       ALL Tennis AND Pickleball Courts

-       BOTH Golf Courses (PGA and Par-3)

- ALL Bocce and Shuffleboard courts

   We implore all Residents to obey the restrictions at all recreational areas until we are advised otherwise.  As of now, we have no end date, so continue to follow the order until notified.

It is for your safety and protection that we all abide by the order. Your staff and administration continue to put your best interests first.

Hollybrook Strong! 

-       Thank You

      We can do this together!

Well sh*t, there goes one of my coping mechanisms.  Pool:  swimming laps, stretching in the water, sunning in a lounge chair.  Ugh.  D*mmit.  Sigh.  Then again, the silver lining is, now that the golf course is closed, my walking area expands.  Tried it out earlier today, and so many new paths are available.  Have decided to walk twice a day, in the morning with my husband, and in the afternoon solo (with earbuds, my phone Pandora on shuffle).  Here are some photos from our a.m. paseo:

We remain lucky that we, and those nearest and dearest, are unscathed.  We will do whatever it takes to conjure a swifter end to this pandemic.


SONG:  One Voice by The Wailin' Jennys

BOOK:  More Together Than Alone: Discovering the Power and Spirit of Community in Our Lives and in the World by Mark Nepo

POEM:  For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet by Joy Harjo

Put down that bag of potato chips, that white bread, that bottle of pop.

Turn off that cellphone, computer, and remote control.

Open the door, then close it behind you.

Take a breath offered by friendly winds. They travel the earth gathering essences of plants to clean.

Give it back with gratitude.

If you sing it will give your spirit lift to fly to the stars’ ears and back.

Acknowledge this earth who has cared for you since you were a dream planting itself precisely within your parents’ desire.

Let your moccasin feet take you to the encampment of the guardians who have known you before time, who will be there after time. They sit before the fire that has been there without time.

Let the earth stabilize your postcolonial insecure jitters.

Be respectful of the small insects, birds and animal people who accompany you.
Ask their forgiveness for the harm we humans have brought down upon them.

Don’t worry.

The heart knows the way though there may be high-rises, interstates, checkpoints, armed soldiers, massacres, wars, and those who will despise you because they despise themselves.

The journey might take you a few hours, a day, a year, a few years, a hundred, a thousand or even more.

Watch your mind. Without training it might run away and leave your heart for the immense human feast set by the thieves of time.

Do not hold regrets.

When you find your way to the circle, to the fire kept burning by the keepers of your soul, you will be welcomed.

You must clean yourself with cedar, sage, or other healing plant.

Cut the ties you have to failure and shame.

Let go the pain you are holding in your mind, your shoulders, your heart, all the way to your feet. Let go the pain of your ancestors to make way for those who are heading in our direction.

Ask for forgiveness.

Call upon the help of those who love you. These helpers take many forms: animal, element, bird, angel, saint, stone, or ancestor.

Call your spirit back. It may be caught in corners and creases of shame, judgment, and human abuse.

You must call in a way that your spirit will want to return.

Speak to it as you would to a beloved child.

Welcome your spirit back from its wandering. It may return in pieces, in tatters. Gather them together. They will be happy to be found after being lost for so long.

Your spirit will need to sleep awhile after it is bathed and given clean clothes.

Now you can have a party. Invite everyone you know who loves and supports you. Keep room for those who have no place else to go.

Make a giveaway, and remember, keep the speeches short.

Then, you must do this: help the next person find their way through the dark. 

QUOTE:  "We are nothing if we walk alone; we are everything when we walk together in step with other dignified feet." ~ Subcomandante Marcos