The loss and remembrance of belonging
- sharonvinck888
- Oct 7
- 2 min read
There’s a deep remembrance hidden within our blood, bones and DNA of the lost stories of our ancestors.
A remembrance of sitting around the fire with our elders, sharing about their lives experiences and the gained knowledge that turned into deep, embodied wisdom.
There’s also a pain and grief running through our ancestral blood and veins for the amnesia. For the loss of our connection to the land and skies, our beloved Earth and Cosmos and our connection to each other.
The loss of belonging
The importance of storytelling in our current culture and society
I strongly believe storytelling brings back the remembrance of what is lost, of the old ways of being, seeds of inspiration of how life can be lived differently than what is being fed to us by a dying system from where we were born.
After years of connecting deeper with the plants, stones, waters, .. Earth and Cosmos, ..
I am currently more focused on building human community, both online and offline.
Sharing the land with other human beings and many animals has brought me so much more than I have anticipated.
Tending to the garden together, sharing stories has a way of enlightening, inspiring and touching my Soul on a deeper level.
One of the many reasons why I landed here is to root myself down for a whole year cycle, to experience and live with the cycles of the seasons of this area and to see if this place truly is a place where I want to create a home and sanctuary to return to. It’s my dream to build a small, sustainable home made from natural materials like cob, hemp, stones and straw bale and co-create with the land, grow a medicinal garden and regenerate the soil, plant trees ..
While tending to the garden the other day my friend shared how she walked her dogs around this area 24 years ago, being drawn towards a small, degenerated and neglected plot of land, feeling a pull towards it for many years, ..
24 years later, she bought it !!
She started by planting different types of local trees and now the land needs some extra TLC and I get to help her.
Isn’t that amazing ?!
It's a small plot of land and that's just perfect as land maintenance can be wild and rough in these areas.
Storytelling opens up a portal of possibilities. Of planting dream seeds that can come to fruition. It breaks through the cracks of societal narrow concrete floors and walls and allows us to take a fresh breath of air and widen our horizon.
Especially in these times of chaos and uncertainty we need to share more stories of hope and Vision so we can bundle that energy and co-create from our hearts the future we wish to see for this world.
May we all remember and return to belonging.
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