Letting go of expectations

I do not feel I have been too successful in this endeavor of
blogging my journey and learning experiences along the way to
Cuba. It is challenging to survive and learn while in
a country going through an economic crisis.


Lesson 1: Create intersections

Like the animals that meet at the water hole to drink, humans
meet. Like the animials at the water hole humans converse,
interact, get to know one an another as opposed to divided and
conquered."Create intersections", in many ways. City Repair
hosted a Village Building Convergence in Portland, Oregon this
summer.Creating intersections was the main theme and the main
lesson I took, objective achieved.

Lesson 2: D.I.Y. and Anarchy.

Yes, everyone is an artist, DO IT YOURSELF, alternative is
Corporate America. You always have a choice.
The "A word", I like to refer to as, "D.I.Y. Culture", because
the media has red flagged them in mainstream as a bunch of
rock throwing riff-raff. I look forward to correcting this.

Lesson 3: The way we treat mother earth is the way we treat women.

Judi Barli, Revolutionary Ecology.

"The holistic and interdependent eco-feminist view in which humans are inseparable from nature, is not any different than deep ecology or biocentrism. This is simply another way of saying the same thing. And so, to embrace biocentrism or deep ecology, is to challenge the masculine system of knowledge that underlies the destruction of the earth, and that underlies the justification for the way our society is structured.

Eco-feminism, however, does not seek to dominate men as women have been dominated under patriarchy. Instead, it seeks to find a balance. We need both the masculine and the feminine forces. It's not that we need to get rid of the masculine force. Both of them exist in the world but must exist in balance. We need the conquering and the dominance as well as we need the nurturing. Eco-feminism seeks find that balance."

http://www.judibari.org/revolutionary-ecology.html

Our deepest fear....

OUR DEEPEST FEAR IS NOT THAT
WE ARE INADEQUATE.
OUR DEEPEST FEAR IS THAT WE
ARE POWERFUL BEYOND
MEASURE. IT IS OUR LIGHT, NOT
OUR DARKNESS, THAT MOST
FRIGHTENS US. WE ASK
OURSELVES, WHO AM I TO BE
BRILLIANT, GORGEOUS, TALENTED
AND FABULOUS? YOUR ARE A
CHILD OF GOD. YOUR PLAYING
SMALL DOESN'T SERVE THE
WORLD. THERE'S NOTHING
ENLIGHTENED ABOUT SHRINKING
SO THAT OTHER PEOPLE WON'T
FEEL INSECURE AROUND YOU.
WE ARE BORN TO MAKE
MANIFEST THE GLORY OF GOD
THAT IS WITHIN US. IT'S NOT
JUST IN SOME OF US; IT'S IN
EVERYONE. AND AS WE LET OUR
OWN LIGHT SHINE, WE
UNCONSCIOUSLY GIVE OTHER
PEOPLE PERMISSION TO DO THE
SAME. AS WE ARE LIBERATED
FROM OUR OWN FEAR, OUR
PRESENCE AUTOMATICALLY
LIBERATES OTHERS.

Nelson Mandela
1994 Inaugural speech

Paralyzed with fear

Burn bright and shine next to those who choose
not to.

I love everyone, I am a desperate person, I
just want to learn to learn, then I can make use
of myself in society using my fullest potential.

I have learned that cooperative behaviour rather
than competitive behaviour is essential for our
survival as a living race.

When people tell me our world is dominated by
the corporations, I tell them, "there is a coop
for every commodity that you can think of". If
there isn't, then there should. This is my
reality.

I think cooperatives could out compete the
destructive corporations.

What do you think?

is this possible?

Thank you for your time :)

Potential bee corridor in back alley

Solar Dehydrator

My friend Naga lives in a neat little urban community

I left my bicycle and hitched to Village Building Convergence back up in Portland.