Just WOW!!! @janelle_morrison.

What an amazing and inspiring story you share in the trailer. I am absolutely in awe of your determination, dedication and focus.

Really interested to hear more about your mission. Great to have you join us. : )

Hi Janelle,

I really feel you Janelle, I totally get it because I’m a doer. Until the universe broke me all the way down, and I had to learn how to just be, I did not feel like I was making progress unless I was DOING a lot. Now I find that I have a better balance between doing and being, but it’s a work in progress. Much success on your journey, I can’t wait to see what you create.

Latrice

I can really understand what you mean by finding balance between movement and stillness. My background includes a combination of athletics and very physical frontline ecology work (urban ag, cycling lifestyle etc…) but in recent years I’ve been really slowed down by a combination of Lymes disease and being hit by a car. Neither had much of a visible impact though, so I’ve really been contending with the cultural pressures to be constantly active in order to be ‘valued’. It seems like everyone’s favourite technique for gaining social status is to portray themselves as some kind of productivity-martyr. And of course we internalize all this.

I’m really fascinated in the Taoist approach of non-doing, which really is what is needed from people in the age of global ecological crisis. I’m more interested in what people can manage not to buy or consume or emit, and how they can find more pleasure and meaning through focussing on the less obvious and more subtle aspects of life.

The kind of energy we get for living when we allow ourselves enough rest and reflection is the true wealth, even if we struggle with health and the less than helpful expectations of others.

I look forward to seeing your creations along the mountain path …

Regards, Geoff