ON TODAY’S SUPER SOUL ORIGINAL SHORT…
WE HAVE ALL BECOME FAMILIAR WITH WHAT SEPARATION,
DESPERATION AND DISPLACEMENT LOOKS LIKE.
IT'S RARE TO WITNESS THE QUIET
MOMENTS CHARLES AND I SPOKE ABOUT
WHEN COMPASSION SPARKS TRUE
AND LASTING CHANGE - AS ONE SOUL OFFERS
THEIR HEART TO CONSOLE ANOTHER.
IRONICALLY ENOUGH,
LIFE ON JOHN AND MOLLY CHESTER’S
APRICOT LANE FARM CAN OFTEN MIRROR IN ITS
OWN WAY WHAT WE SEE PLAYING OUT IN THE HEADLINES.
LIKE THIS STORY OF AN ORPHANED LAMB,
REJECTED BY IT’S COMMUNITY, BUT WHOSE STRUGGLE TO
CONNECT INSPIRES EMPATHY AND
GOODNESS IN UNEXPECTED PLACES.
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[[JOHN CHESTER]] WE SHARE A NEED, TO BE SEEN
TO BE CARED FOR.
AS A FARMER I GET TO SEE HOW SEPARATION FUELS
THEIR ANXIETY AND DESPERATION
WHY DOES NATURE ALLOW THIS EXPERIENCE?
AND WHAT GOOD COMES FROM IT?
I'M REMINDED OF THE STORY OF AN ORPHAN LAMB.
HIS MOTHER DIED A FEW DAYS AFTER HE WAS BORN.
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OF COURSE MY IMPULSE IS TO HELP THEM,
BUT IT'S ALWAYS EASIER IF WE GIVE THEM SOME
TIME TO WORK IT OUT.
HE WAS HUNGRY...
AND HE HAD TO FIND A NEW MOM.
BUT EVEN WHEN THAT BASIC NEED COULDN'T BE
MET HE LOOKED BEYOND.
HE NOW JUST WANTED TO BE COMFORTED.
BY ANYTHING.
IT WASN'T EASY TO WATCH.
BUT BEFORE WE COULD INTERVENE HE DISCOVERED
ANOTHER WAY.
SO LONG AS SHE DIDN'T SEE HIM,
HE COULD GET WHAT HE NEEDED.
THE FULL BELLY ONLY MOMENTARILY DAMPENED
HIS ACHING HEART.
BECAUSE HE WOULD ALWAYS BE THE ORPHAN.
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I'VE NOTICED THE ONES THAT SEPARATE
AMONGST US HAVE EVOLVED.
SURPRISINGLY THEY REACH BEYOND
SIMPLY WANTING TO BELONG
TURNING REJECTION INTO ELEVATED AWARENESS.
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IN TURN, CONNECTING THEM TO EVERYTHING ELSE.
THE ORPHAN DOES NOT WAIT TO BE SEEN.
HE DOESN'T GIVE UP.
ONCE HE STOPPED CHASING THE FLOCK,
THAT WAS INCAPABLE OF SEEING HIM,
AN INSTINCT EMERGED,
LIKE A WHISPER IN HIS EAR
NOURISH YOURSELF, AND THE WORLD WILL
BE DRAWN TO YOU.
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