Saturday, December 18, 2010

Dreams come alive with community!

communities are support, companionship, human, felt.
when i meet people, to expand my community, i am excited to learn what makes them unique. van gogh style artist, hide tanner, one that speaks through quotes, amateur documentary makers, knitters.
The people of this month bring me new ideas, inspiration, a push to look inside and see what makes me unique. Then a push to bring the unique outside and let it be part of the community of inspiration!

and community need not be exclusive to people. inspiration is everywhere. A vine teaches many lessons- growing in it's own skin, rooted, reaching for the sun, light, truth, warmth, nutrients to make it grow.
it can't go up alone.
it can't complete it's journey on it's own.
it needs the support of it's community, a neighbor plant, a fence. Always remaining unique to itself, there is still recognition that it can't complete it's journey without the help of it's support system.

and at times when the journey seems tangled and impossible, when the warmth is out of sight,
it keeps trying, growing, searching, leaning, twisting, turning and

there,

back in the open, ready to push forward. to grow fruit. to produce a flower. to give back to the community after uniting all the elements within itself.

give and take.
healthy balance.

thoughts for this moment brought to you by the inspiration of my community :)

2 comments:

Benjamin said...

the vine, without warmth or light, growing up, reminds me of salmon spawning, following time up river, searching, longing, ...
why don't they get tired?
I'm tired, but to admit, I continue. Maybe this is the truth of it, maybe we're all tired, and maybe we'll all continue.
big love

livingonplants said...

:)