It's been an incredibly fulfilling journey for me - always learning, sharing and receiving endless inspiration from the tenacity, determination and resilience demonstrated by the babies, children, youth, adults and elders of the communities I've had the honor and privilege to live and work among.
In so many ways, this year has been a completion of another one of my life circles... teaching my children to grow roots in the ecosystem that nourished me, through hardship and love... like the indigenous flora of our bioregion... our "roots run deep." I am happy that my compassion for the well being of my extended nuclear family unit has brought us back home - to the outer rim of the tropical lowland forest. This heat is in our blood and it feels good learning how to eat with native perennial vegetables.
Today I realized that in my time of relative recluse from the bustle of community building, teaching and organizing, something has formulated itself within me - something I've been without for the major part of my "adulthood:" to my surprise, I suddenly have a new life goal.
It will take as much discipline and determination as I can possibly muster, I'm certain. And like all goals, will need the coddling and care of anything precious and new - be they seedlings or babies.
I have come to the realization today that after 28 years of helping visions become reality, I wish to gain the skills and support necessary to learn how to see my own vision and bring that into reality.
Simple, maybe even obvious - but it took some major work to get here - and a lot more to get there.
I feel ready to take on the challenge to be true to myself, while building a road to "everything for everyone..."
Watch out, second half of life - here we come!
