Escape from the Mainland

I can’t believe it has already been a week since I got here! Time is flying by super fast. Time is a funny thing on this island; I am not as aware that time is passing or that there is even time at all. On the mainland I feel every minute dwindling away, living and simply being is easy here, effortless. I am enjoying every moment, totally and completely. I love every moment I have with myself, nature and my new family. This last week I have been falling in love, with me, this island and all the amazing people I am surrounded by. It’s funny how connected I feel to these beautiful people considering how long I have known them. I feel so open with them, totally safe to be fully myself, it is truly beautiful. I am so blessed. The energy on the Island is balanced and nurturing and is totally changing me. I am embracing the change and flowing with it, and I have never felt so good. I am so utterly connected to my soul and my purpose and can see inside myself more clearly than ever before. Because of all the changing and shifting a lot has been going through my mind and heart about my life, who I am and where I am going. I really feel like I belong here and am working things out with the universe about my future and perhaps my future here. I honestly believe I can make anything happen ;).

I totally understand why a lot of indigenous cultures regarded the earth as “Mother” and “Goddess”, it occurred to me yesterday when I was seeding a new bed. I can’t explain what it is I feel but it is defiantly there. One moment I was planting and the next thing I felt was this connection to the earth washing over me. It was like sensing a presence, something so much bigger than me, something so nurturing and loving. It wasn’t a realization, more of a remembering, and what I felt was the earth, the mother. The island defiantly has a distinct spirit energy, a “mind of its own” if you will. Steven once said that it feels like life on the island is reality and everyone on the mainland is in a dream, and in that moment I totally knew what he was talking about. People on the mainland are so consumed with every day hum dum life, that they forget their connection the earth, themselves and everyone else. Here the people are tapped into this earth energy that connects us to each other and ourselves. Life flows here, everything just happens, comes together. There is a saying that goes a little like “if you are ready for the island it will embrace you and if you are not it will spit you out”. I have already seen both scenarios happen and honestly I feel totally embraced and I love it. I am super excited to see what the future brings, but I’m even more excited to be here now ;)……peace

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here are some pics from the farm enjoy :)

First we had to harvest fennel and then weed this row in the pouring rain. When the bed was clear we had to turn the bed ( I forget what its called), you basically have to dig deep and flip the dirt....it takes forever and its hard! When you get into the flow of digging and flipping it becomes quite fun, I even got Michael to free style a little ;) After that you have to crumble all the soil so it is fine and soft, which is one of the hardest things to do...and it seriously sucks.After that you make it a bed, create rows and then plant! It takes forever, but all the work done on the farm is beautiful and gratifying!