Right now I just want to write a note to say I'm still alive and well! It's gorgeous here (right now here is Sydney, but I'm living in the Blue Mountains and it's stunning there too!) Everything is SO green! The sunshine is hot and the flowers are bright. It's so fun learning about all the new types of plants here and familiarizing with them, it's the most natural thing. I'm amazed at how familiar I am with the area, the language, the culture, the people and the food at this point. As fun as it is to be feeling more natural in my environment here, I also get the feelings of missing those familiar things of home! And SO strange to be warming up here as friends and family at home tell me of the weather cooling down, leaves changing and rain falling. All things I love! It will be an interesting holiday season in swimmers!! Last week we had a massive (record setting) snow storm in the Mountains! The blizzard went on for several hours, coating the ground with beautiful, fluffy white snow! There were lots of snowmen involved as well! The next day was stunningly sunny and gorgeous! So crazy.
Most recently I've been searching out ways to be more involved on a human level with the changes this world needs. From promoting organic farming, to honoring children and encouraging education, to informing myself as much as possible about the problems in order to make better choices and hopefully work towards answers. If there's one thing I'm sure of, it's that education is the most powerful tool anyone can have against many of the hardships in this world.
I'm finding myself more and more interested in being as natural as possible. Unfortunately, this often sends me in circles with so much conflicting information. This is what makes life interesting hey? It's amazing meeting so many people and experiencing their ways of life, taking in what feels right to me and adding it to my collection of dreams and ways of being. I'm also enjoying discovering and creating new recipes! I don't often eat the same thing more than once which is fun! I'm realizing there are no limits on delicious! Been interesting trying to find the right balance when meat is such a huge part of the culture here. And when organic is hard (and extremely expensive) to come by. I read an article the other day saying pesticides can lead to weight gain! There is so much unnatural about the way we are living these days! I don't know how to find the way back to the roots. One small step at a time leaves my destination completely unknown. A friend sent this video about working towards change for animals living in factory farm conditions.
I went into the local co-op the other day asking for some guidance in finding ways to get involved. They weren't very helpful, sadly. The girl I spoke with basically told me to put up a poster telling what I'm offering. I'm finding it difficult to connect with people on a human level because everyone is so reliant on media (stimulation) to feed them information. I find that fewer people *actually listen* to someone speaking with them face-to-face. Meanwhile, my forms of communication are solely in person because the internet is nearly impossible to come by at this point and my cell phone is unreliable! In it's own way this gives me a chance to feel more grounded and connected to the people around me.
I have a train to catch now! Back up to the mountains I go!
I find my inner sense of rightness (and wrongness or not quite rightness) to be a reliable guide. This sense does need information and the internet can be a source of that, but the net can't help me feel into what's right for me, what I should do next, right now. It helps me to consider my life an ongoing experiment, one that requires constant checking and adjusting. Stay on it girl, you will find your way. GB
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