I have been allowing myself to hear stories of the ways in which people are protecting the world. A YouTuber named Sam Bently (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApEr9M5P8d0) has been making a montage of the ways different countries are working to take care of Mother Nature. It feels inspiring to hear that there are plenty of people taking action.
I don't know about you, but I have felt pretty debilitated at times. The whole recycling debate that we're all tired of thinking about. In Brooklyn, NY it became mandatory to have a composting bin! My own bit of good news. Then when I moved to South Florida I found a drop off site to purchase a membership at. It felt good to reduce my garbage load.
Another effort I am making is to reengage with the WWOOFing program. Here's the US version: https://wwoofusa.org/en/, but it exists all over the world and it's a really interesting way to engage in it. I started when I was 19 years old and hadn't WWOOFed since until I recently stayed on a property in Homestead, FL for a week. After hiding from the heat in my family's air conditioned home for the past couple of months, it was liberating to spend most of my days outdoors, hands in the dirt, kittens chasing me around the garden.
I feel myself becoming unstuck. I don't know how long this feeling will last or what the future brings. I do know that today, I am working towards my own healing. That's all I've got, 'one day at a time'. My desire is to have a reciprocal relationship with the nature around me, caring for it and trusting and accepting her care in return.
