My Tribe Calls Back

First of all, thank you for all of your feedback. It has been enabling me to integrate three permaculture principles to my writing, which is a reflection of my inner development--1. apply self-regulation and accept feedback, and 2. creatively use and respond to change, and 3. use small and slow solutions.

Sometimes when you're caught up in a cycle of change it seems like it will never just come to an end. This is a good time to keep the principle succession of evolution in mind. Remember that, just as a gardener plants cover crops to fix nitrogen in the soil, we plant seeds in ourselves and in our communities that will come to fruition when it is time. I am delighted to discover that it is now time to bring some of these seeds into fruition here on Block Island. Permaculturists believe in integrating rather than segregating, with the idea that many hands make less work. As I worked through the fear I revealed to you in the last couple of posts-- a fear that was stopping me from seeing my truth clearly, I now see that my next step goes back to the very first post of this blog, in which I called my tribe. Foolish me, not to know the universe would answer since I called so directly! My first step as an activist here on Block Island isn't going to be the act of ecoterrorism expected of me, or even just an act of protest, it is the organization of the tribal initiation of those of us here on the island who have been working on healing themselves, many of them with Maria, who are now ready to take the final step into taking on their roles in our tribe. Most of us have been working in isolation, which as we know from looking at a forest or a garden, just doesn't happen in nature. Nothing can flower alone, including us. We are nature. We need each other to create the vision of peace and sustainability we see. Now, when I look out at the snow-covered earth, I don't see it as barren, I see that it will soon be green and dotted with dandelions. I am proud to have a part in calling the Block Island tribe together and thank the universe for giving me this opportunity so quickly.