Parvati Magazine December 2013 - Remembrance | Page 28

COMMUNITY

COMMUNITY

MONKEE SEE
Monkee Do

been able to deal gracefully with difficult disagreements such as religion or politics, and has
come together time and
time again to help others
in need. This has culminated in a non-profit organization called “Monkee
See - Monkee Do: Sharing
Our Gifts to Bring Healing,
Hope and Wholeness”.
Melton writes,

that giving is as much for the
giver as it is for the receiver.
When they added up all of
their little offerings of time,
money, and talent, together
they could make amazing
things happen. Things they
never could have done
alone. This created a deep
sense of belonging to one
another.

A whole community of women were telling their truth
and working hard to understand one another. People
who were very different, but
who had the common goal
of understanding and loving
each other better.
Quite unexpectedly, they
felt so deeply connected
it filled them up. And once
women fill up, they tend to
spill out and overflow. They
wanted other women to join
them and feel better too. So
they reached out to a couple of hurting women who
needed help.
What they found was that
helping these women further healed their own broken hearts. And they began
to believe what they had
been taught as young girls,

“Love wins.”
“We can do
hard things.”

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ou may remember that two issues ago in Parvati Magazine, I reviewed Glennon Doyle Melton’s
book “Carry On, Warrior”, a book exploring the courage to let down one’s guard and be fully present
and honest about where we are at. The message of
the book has resonated with so many that a thriving
online community has grown up at Melton’s website
momastery.com. The name was chosen to represent
the intense spiritual work of motherhood or of simply
being present in life. Through the commitment to be
kind and brave with each other, the community has

Monkee See – Monkee Do is
the natural outpouring generated by these women’s
small efforts. It’s a helping,
healing revolution.

Recently, Monkee See
- Monkee Do launched
a campaign to meet as
many expressed needs
as possible for the holidays. The community rallied to fill over 600 needs
so quickly that on the day
the campaign launched,

many community members hurried home from
work to pitch in their
share, only to learn that
everything had already
been covered in astonishing speed. Through this
work, many struggling
parents are helped to
give a Christmas to their
families, clothe their children for winter, or simply
brighten someone’s day
a little. The organization
has also held “Love Flash
Mobs” in which funds
have been raised for major items such as wheelchair accessible vans - all
with a maximum individual donation of $25.
Two of the mottos of the
Momastery
community
are “Love Wins” and “We
Can Do Hard Things”. We
see both of these coming
true through the work of
“Monkee See - Monkee
Do”, reminding us to remember our communities and our neighbors,
making sure that no one
is forgotten from love and
care.

Pranada Devi is a communications professional living in Toronto, Canada.
She is the Managing Editor of Parvati Magazine, and serves as an advisor
on marketing communications for Parvati’s various projects. Recently, she
edited Parvati’s new book “Confessions of a Former Yoga Junkie”, which
has gone on to sell out its first printing run.