Month: September 2020

Deer wisdom for staying in the flow

Deer wisdom for staying in the flow

This is Buck, a dear deer-friend who adopted my family a few years ago. He visits off and on and makes a point to come by each Fall to eat every single flower off the plants before the first snowfall. This year, the early storm beat him, but shortly afterward, he showed up and polished off everything the snow didn’t get. He’s teaching me about releasing into the flow. You see, I love his summertime visits, but I feel an ache when he comes to tell me summer is over. I don’t want to let go of brightly colored flowers, […]

How to harness the wind

How to harness the wind

A few nights ago, I watched the movie, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. It’s based on a true story about 13-year-old William Kamkwamba, a Malawian boy who saves his village from famine by figuring out from a science book how to build a wind turbine to pump water to irrigate their crops. His hardships are numerous and heart-wrenching, but he prevails despite almost no one believing he could do it, including his own father. He was just an ordinary boy, yet he harnessed the wind. I imagine if you asked him, he might say he had no other choice. […]

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