Happy New Year All. 2013 has started. I am moving slowly but I could not let another day go by without checking in. In looking through the photos from last year, I see several important changes occurred in my life. One of the things I see is I took pictures of my shadow — repeatedly. I am surprised that subconsciously I was externalizing my preoccupation with invisibility by taking pictures of my shadow on the ground, in windows and on the sand. I am no Jungian but I am an amateur shrink of the barber-shop variety. So you see, I had “issues.”
This quote reminds me of my year and was written after the writer visited a farm:
” I learned that this diverse abundance of food plants was threatened by the concentration of corporate agribusiness, and that a tremedous effort was needed to conserve and spread them. I understood that diversity is not only evidence of nature’s complexity, wisdom, and beauty, but it is also life’s best strategy for survival, offering options for adaptation and resilience in response to change. I knew that what I experienced in that garden was sacred. ”
I know what this writer is saying. The point for me is not just about planting a garden-garden; but also about one’s life. I learned so much from my efforts and failures to grow food and feed myself. It brought me to the point where I finally was able to hear my call to leadership. I resolved this nagging invisibility lesson. I no longer feel the need to be recognized. I do not need to be chosen to do what I can do or what I think should be done. My book was born. And it feels good.
Does any of this ring a bell for you?
Excerpt taken from Moonrise edited by Nina Simons with Anneke Campbell
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