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This blog is for YOUR stories of life-supporting experiences. Tellers of personal stories weave their tales directly from their own lives. Each personal story, once told, reverberates out, finding kinship and strength in the stories of others. The resulting web of deeply felt events are well-springs for visceral wisdom.
Personally embodied wisdom reverberates within our communities in their bioregions in the Earth’s biosphere, then beyond to the Universe itself. Within our uncertain times, the opportunities opened by each personal story patterns a vision arising from the depths of our desire to nourish all life by uniting mind with body, reason with spirit, justice with diversity, and culture with nature.
“Circle of Influence Is What It Is All About” by Zain Mustafa
Earth Group Global collaborator, Zain Mustafa shares his insights about how he approaches life in a world where, we as individuals, can not possibly fix all the problems. He focuses on his circle of influence. Click the image to watch his video. Mustafa is an...
Reflections on “When the Floods Come” by Jean Gardner
Over 300 million people had their lives uprooted by the floods in Pakistan in 2022. I saw first-hand the inundated fields and destroyed homes with a team from the Indus River Valley Institute. We offered assistance to encampments where...
“…so the gods shake us from our sleep.” – inspired by Mary Oliver
This month as we consider gratitude as our subject, we are enchanted by Mary Oliver’s poem which we share below. Gratitude is structured around several questions that wake us up to the wonder all around us and in us. She explores these questions largely in the...
Harvest Gratitude by Denyse Corelli
Early fall in the Hood River Valley, Oregon where I live is truly full of excitement! The valley itself has an extremely rich agricultural heritage that started in 1855 with the planting of the first fruit trees. Now we have 14,500 acres of pears, apples, and...
Incredible To Be On The Move! By Bonnie Pariser
Yesterday I engaged in my first significant athletic endeavor since I broke my wrist – I went on a bike ride! I couldn't shift with my right hand, and I had to keep the ride shorter than I would have liked, but regardless, it felt incredible to be on the move again....
Wake Up Call? by Denyse Corelli
Mosier, Oregon - September 12, 2020 at 3 pm If not this, then what? What will it take to wake us up to the reality of climate change? What will it take to embrace a new way of life on Earth that will start to reverse the effects of human impact on the planet? In...
“Resistance to Resilience” Project: Floating Home Pilot by Zain Mustafa
Starting in August 2022 after devasting floods in Pakistan, the “Resistance to Resilience” initiative undertook to build a floating home as a means to provide empowerment to local people most affected. Floating homes could provide more continuity and safety for those...
“I am haunted by waters.” BY JEAN GARDNER
In the last few months, my “haunting by waters” has become increasingly intense. Urging me to listen to the words of “rocks from the basement of time.”
I have been hearing the roar of the “world’s great flood” of Pakistan’s Indus River.
The Lion’s Roar by Laura Simms
When the Buddha saw the truth of death, illness and old age, what had been hidden from him by his father to protect him from suffering, he left the royal palace. He vowed to not return, until he discovered the true nature of this world. That moment is referred to as The Lion’s Roar.
You can become a contributor
Become a contributor to Earth Group Global. Email us your personal story describing how you aligned with the living Earth through a natural site or its architecture. Or perhaps you experienced a relationship with a non-human species that has made a difference in your life. Or with a flower or a stone. It’s your story. It is what is stored within you. We want to hear it. Thank you.
It’s important that we share our experiences with other people. Your story will heal you and your story will heal somebody else. When you tell your story, you free yourself and give other people permission to acknowledge their own story.
