Adam, your work with language is just as important as your work with the land. Language shapes perception and experience. Your written words are speaking to the deeper layers of transformation at the same time as describing experiential possibilities. Blessings on the social growth node you are tending so faithfully.
This is something that has dawned upon me over the past years. I've had some powerful teachers in this lesson. Our relational power is carried by our employment of language---to harm or heal. Sometimes both can ripple outward from the same turn of phrase. That's the real danger of it. Every week I write aware that some may be fed by the words and others angered. Becoming a writer has granted me a sense of awe for those who have done this work before me, taken the risk. Thank you for your kind note.
There's a trust fall quality to it, as I'm sure you can tell. If we wait until it feels safe, none of what I'm trying to point toward will be possible. Not everyone is equally positioned to take the risks, either. It seems to me the highest and best use of privilege--to initiate a trust fall.
The image of a "trust fall" is perfect and exactly what I needed to hear today of all days. Thank you, Adam. And thanks to everyone who comments here. I am enjoying the connection.
We use trust falls--relatively safe ones--as team building exercises at retreats, and there's a reason why. It's a potent way to break the spell called "a scarcity of goodwill." Once that veil has been lifted, so much becomes possible.
Thank you all, especially Adam, for laying out a vision for living, surviving, in the present times. I deliberately said “you all” to note the synergistic feeling that registered as I read. As a citizen of the South in the US, I also could have said, “Y’all.” Either way it’s no secret that many impoverished folks face stores with empty shelves. Food deserts/no stores as well as no ante to visit a store requiring pay as you go transactions. Honor systems existed when I first moved to the South. Keepers of small stores knew their neighbors and ability (or inability) to pay over time. A ledger was maintained for each such customer and when that neighbor came for basics, the keeper would say, “Come by next payday.” Sometimes two paydays.
The need for soup kitchens and other staples has expanded tremendously. Homes with innocent children, and no climate control due to no utilities, are impossible to put out of mind. I’ll spare even more details by saying our household lacks the income to financially support such an effort. What actions can I take to still help? I’ll continue reading weekly updates. Thank you so much.
Adam, your work with language is just as important as your work with the land. Language shapes perception and experience. Your written words are speaking to the deeper layers of transformation at the same time as describing experiential possibilities. Blessings on the social growth node you are tending so faithfully.
This is something that has dawned upon me over the past years. I've had some powerful teachers in this lesson. Our relational power is carried by our employment of language---to harm or heal. Sometimes both can ripple outward from the same turn of phrase. That's the real danger of it. Every week I write aware that some may be fed by the words and others angered. Becoming a writer has granted me a sense of awe for those who have done this work before me, taken the risk. Thank you for your kind note.
A sacred task, I honour you for taking it on, Adam.
I really love watching this community unfold from a-ways away…and dreaming about how it might manifest in my neighborhood.
There's a trust fall quality to it, as I'm sure you can tell. If we wait until it feels safe, none of what I'm trying to point toward will be possible. Not everyone is equally positioned to take the risks, either. It seems to me the highest and best use of privilege--to initiate a trust fall.
The image of a "trust fall" is perfect and exactly what I needed to hear today of all days. Thank you, Adam. And thanks to everyone who comments here. I am enjoying the connection.
We use trust falls--relatively safe ones--as team building exercises at retreats, and there's a reason why. It's a potent way to break the spell called "a scarcity of goodwill." Once that veil has been lifted, so much becomes possible.
Thank you all, especially Adam, for laying out a vision for living, surviving, in the present times. I deliberately said “you all” to note the synergistic feeling that registered as I read. As a citizen of the South in the US, I also could have said, “Y’all.” Either way it’s no secret that many impoverished folks face stores with empty shelves. Food deserts/no stores as well as no ante to visit a store requiring pay as you go transactions. Honor systems existed when I first moved to the South. Keepers of small stores knew their neighbors and ability (or inability) to pay over time. A ledger was maintained for each such customer and when that neighbor came for basics, the keeper would say, “Come by next payday.” Sometimes two paydays.
The need for soup kitchens and other staples has expanded tremendously. Homes with innocent children, and no climate control due to no utilities, are impossible to put out of mind. I’ll spare even more details by saying our household lacks the income to financially support such an effort. What actions can I take to still help? I’ll continue reading weekly updates. Thank you so much.