Day 126: Change of plans

For so long i have wanted to grow my own food. And for the past few years, i've simply wanted to love in a peaceful place long enough to plant a tree and watch it grow. That’s all.

We looked and saved and saved and looked. Then met and fell in love with a place, a land and community of trees. Warm and inviting they were. They knew what they were doing when they shifted leaves just so, artfully guiding the sun’s rays to the moving stream, creating the appearance of diamonds on the surface. They hooked me. They seduced me.

We did all the paperwork. And now are only days from moving in when i learn that i can’t grow food where i planned. Nor can i do anything with the land that would create regular movement on the surface because of what lies below.

All in my feelings, i am having to rethink and plan differently. Or perhaps i am being invited to simply listen. Listen and connect with the life that has been there many generations longer than me. Hear their stories, their hopes and dreams. Learn their pains and disappointments. And most importantly, simply be in community with them. And from there we can envision and plan together.