#360: SPOTLIGHT: Holly Grant
SUPER CHANGE! WEEK #3:
We are now in WEEK 3 of the new CFC blog change, where we pose two questions to an individual in the community and have them choose just one to respond to. We are so excited to have many more voices being shared in this space! I have loved reading these thoughtful notes. Here's Holly's!
- Amanda
Question for Holly:
Can you recall a moment in the past month in your work that something in it was going so so amazingly well in a deep, rich, wonderful way that you wished you could immediately and adequately and fully explain and share it with your mom or dad (be they living or having already passed) such that they might know your joy?
Holly's Response:
My work focuses on money and the insidious ways it shapes, weaves, warps, and distorts nearly every aspect of human life. I'm in the process of creating something new, so I've spent much of the last month in conversation, research, and contemplation.
Money is so personal...and it's not. Many describe money as a neutral form of energy that can be wielded for "good" or "bad," but I do not know money as neutral or moralistic. Money carries its own energy; it must be met accordingly. Its design must be respected and worked with, otherwise it will continue to work us.
My friend Orland Bishop asks, "who compensates us for our time?" I've found this to be a profound inquiry when I really allow myself to sit with it. It has reorganized my sense of self, my sense of the world, and my sense of our shared, potential futures.
The cellular joy I've come to know recently is best described as an "inner reunion." A remembering of how to know things that transcends but includes the automatic ways of being, relating, and doing, and presents a new possibility for me, for us, and for this time.
My joy is in the opportunity of being alive at this very moment when so much is possible, available, and changing. A practical example is that there is so much about the organizational blueprint that is ready to die, that is already dying. And there are nutrients to be unlocked if we're only willing to recognize that. With death, there is new life.
My joy is in grieving what was, and what is desperately trying to hold on, so we can make space for what is ready to be born. I remember now how to grieve and the freedom that waits for us on the other side. I remember now.
Amanda’s thought…
I suspect Holly would love all direct responses from you. I find it incredibly encouraging when I hear from any of you after I share my thoughts. It is powerful for me. I assume many others have a similar experience. So here is Holly's email… pip
Holly - I found this to be such a thought-provoking read on an incredibly fascinating subject. Not only that, but I especially loved reading your ending on what brings you joy, particularly in regards to "grief." What a beautiful way to take a word that seems to hold so much weight, sorrow, and heartache, and turn it into an impetus for new beginnings and fresh possibilities. Thank you for sharing, Holly.
- AP
