We are connected

We are connected to this earth, our home. Periodically, it is important to reconnect. I am not talking about religion or your beliefs. Many religions, many cultures throughout time have known this. With all of our technology and ‘advances’, we have forgotten this oh-so-important fact. We are connected to our surroundings because we live here. Here is your neighborhood, your community, your country, but mostly here is planet earth. We will not break her, she will endure. But it is important to us down to the very ancient depths of us. So, reconnect with her.

Did your grandmother grow some of the food she ate? Did your grandfather have an orchard? Did your aunt have a cherished rose garden? What can you do to continue a family tradition?

Reconnect with your surroundings each day, week or month.

• Change with the seasons. Eat foods that are in season. Did our ancestors eat bananas in winter? It depends on where they lived.
• Pick flowers from your garden and bring them inside each season. In the winter, bring in twigs or pine cones and make an arrangement.
• Feed the birds.
• Plant roses in honor of that favorite relative.
• In the spring, get your hands dirty! Go out to your garden/yard and play in the dirt. Pull weeds, plant something, spread compost on your flower garden.
• Share stories that your parents and grandparents told you. Pass on the oral tradition of your family and/or ancestors.
• Sit outside and view the beauty of nature, even in a rain storm or a cloudy day. It is nature.

It is important for us to stay connected to all that is around us, to put down the cell phone, turn off the TV and go outside.

Enjoy and may the peace of the land be with you.