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Gratefulness
Rarely if ever have I heard someone speak such fierce love. This was my thought as I listened in on a global AwaKin call Saturday.
The guest was Claire Dubois, founder of TreeSisters, a grassroots network of women planting over a million trees a year in the tropics. Their goal now is to reach a billion trees a year.
Why focus on the tropics? Research is showing that trees around the equator are crucial for mitigating climate change.
The story of how Claire came t...
The story of how Claire came to found TreeSisters is quite remarkable and if interested you can listen to a recording of the call at awakin.org
The organization was built on the principle of five element acupuncture which fascinates me, though is as yet something I know next to nothing about.
There are some beautiful resources on the website (treesisters.org), including many guided meditations, such as The Inner Tree and The Healing Tree.
I share this because I know (and celebrate) that I am among great lovers of trees here. Peace, all.
Yes, dear Ose, we walk together in this. I want to say that you are beautiful and loved just the way you are and yet I also celebrate your transforming. As Nancy has said, what is happening in your heart and the way you are responding so courageously can only lead to healing. With warm hand over my own heart, I wish you blessings, blessings.
Dear Ose, your words touch me so deeply, thank you.
Thank you, Malag, for saying so. You are a source of gracious surprise for me.
Good morning, Diane. I also received this Word of the Day as a gift, and too your reflection — as I am really struggling today with fears as well as the melted mess that sensory overload makes of me at such times as this — was even able to laugh at myself for a moment. The Rumi poem is one of my favorites. Thank you.
Hooray for Harpo! Time out for Groucho. Which one has a bigger moustache?
(((Angel hugs)))
How very beautiful, Nancy! It is so magical when trees form a bower such as this. There is a very old three-stemmed pear tree, that does so on the property where I live now. I call her The Peace Pear. And your post reminds me to hike up there for a visit soon. So thank you! Oh, what a gift are natural hot springs for the winter weary…. I so miss them since moving from Wyoming. I hope you have a lovely day. PS the moon was indeed magnificent yesterday morning and I did get to see...
How very beautiful, Nancy! It is so magical when trees form a bower such as this. There is a very old three-stemmed pear tree, that does so on the property where I live now. I call her The Peace Pear. And your post reminds me to hike up there for a visit soon. So thank you! Oh, what a gift are natural hot springs for the winter weary…. I so miss them since moving from Wyoming. I hope you have a lovely day. PS the moon was indeed magnificent yesterday morning and I did get to see a sliver of eclipse before the moon dropped below horizon.
I do so pray/hope/well wish with you that the new homeplace that has been waiting for you will soon reveal, dear Aine. Powerful winds of change blowing, breathe deeply! This is wonderful news though I understand also the sadness and fear in the midst of such transition. I am sorry about Harpo.
Thank you, Aine. I am interested to know that you found ‘five element’ most helpful. I look forward to learning about the philosophical foundations of this ancient healing art.
Thank you, Palm(tree sister)! Oh, palm trees! We have only a few native species here in the US. I have a childhood love of the coastal Palmetto, state tree of my mother’s home state of South Carolina. I hope you have a good day.
Thank you, Nancy. I must say the photo is not my own, but found on a website for free images. I was so drawn to the strength of the two trees standing tall so close together, branches and roots intertwined.
The miso I use is from South River Miso Co., a small family operation that makes many varieties in the traditional Japanese way. I appreciate that they have chickpea (my favorite) and other ‘bean’ versions, as I cannot eat soy. Contains so many good micro-organisms, seaweed, nettles, etc.
The recipe for the green soup is at (101cookbooks.com). If you go to site and type in ten-ingredient alkalinizing green soup, it should come up. As I said, it looks gorgeous but I ha...
The recipe for the green soup is at (101cookbooks.com). If you go to site and type in ten-ingredient alkalinizing green soup, it should come up. As I said, it looks gorgeous but I haven’t tried it yet.
So much beauty and love in your post, dear Aine: faithful friendship in a most vulnerable time, flights of wild geese, and fragrant flowers beckoning Spring. I also send well wishes to your friend. How she must appreciate the nourishing soups you brought. You no doubt have many recipes. I ran across one yesterday for Ten-Ingredient Alkalinizing Green Soup, stunning emerald in color, that I will try, perfect for Groundhog Day 🙂 A simple healing broth I love all the time but especially...
So much beauty and love in your post, dear Aine: faithful friendship in a most vulnerable time, flights of wild geese, and fragrant flowers beckoning Spring. I also send well wishes to your friend. How she must appreciate the nourishing soups you brought. You no doubt have many recipes. I ran across one yesterday for Ten-Ingredient Alkalinizing Green Soup, stunning emerald in color, that I will try, perfect for Groundhog Day 🙂 A simple healing broth I love all the time but especially easy on the tummy when not feeling well is just organic chickpea miso stirred into warm water. Happy Groundhog Day to you too. I smile to think of them all snoozy, curled up underground. Little “whistle pigs”. But of course they are not so charming when they are mowing down the garden. Warm hug to you.
Oh, thank you for teaching citizenship, Cintia, it is so important, and not a natural thing to know, even when native to a place. Must be taught with loving kindness as you do. How to be a good citizen of each of our own country. How to be a good citizen of our beautiful planet.
Good morning, Diane, so nice to see you here! I’m also grateful for Brother Sun this bluebird day. I’m glad to hear that acupuncture is helping your pain. May it also help ease anxiety? So beautiful your reflection on angels, brings to mind a soft, low, lullaby-kind of song from my childhood, “all night, all day, angels watching over me.” Blessings to you of peaceful mind and easeful body as you go about your day.
What a colorful way to cultivate gratefulness! And to share with each other. I know you are a great blessings to your students.
Dear Anna-bird, I am truly happy that you are able to sing even sweeter than before! I hope you don’t mind me calling you “bird.” I mean it in the best way, as a term of endearment, as I love birds so. Their beautiful songs fill me with joy! What are you singing now with your choir?
As Nancy has said, I am glad you are taking care of yourself. Like you, for many years I let the pressures of my work keep me from eating properly during the day. Now I find that f...
As Nancy has said, I am glad you are taking care of yourself. Like you, for many years I let the pressures of my work keep me from eating properly during the day. Now I find that food is not only one of my greatest pleasures, but also the most powerful medicine. So grateful.
Hi Nancy, love to you and all on our “pale blue dot.”
Hello Ose, you are now in the midst of your long day and I send out loving wishes that all may flow for you and those you encounter. An energetic circle of giving and receiving.
I am grateful for you, thinking especially now of your reflections on “staying open” and also the image of sunshine rays of the healing plant calendula. It is en-couraging for me. Yes, to trust life. As you say, “so much love in all of what is there.”
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