Leaning back

Kicking off the adventures right, these last two weeks have felt the equivelent of a month's worth of activity. Aside from not blogging on this page, here's a little taste of what I've been up to since my last blog post:

The adventure officially kicked off on Saturday, July 30 with the most inspirational display of community love and togetherness. Yes, it was a party. To call it an epic party might even qualify as an understatement. It was beautiful in all regards and elevated my spirit beyond any previous frame of reference.

After the explosion of love that was the end of July, the first weeks of August have been a whirlwind of organization and development. Not entirely centered around the development of my personal upcoming adventures (fortunately, much of that organization is already in place) but rather the organization of Community Cultivators.

Somehow, I've successfully managed to occupy more of my time on this development than my 40+ hours a week at Wheatsville. As you can imagine, a lot can get done in a couple of weeks with full time project development. A key to the future will be figuring out a way to make this work a paid gig (or at the very least, a self-sustaining one).

Recognizing the community had reached an obvious inflection point, the consensus could be felt hovering in the air and floating on the breath of every conversation... it's time to get organized!

One meeting, two meetings, committees, defined roles, events, a list of projects, timelines... Engagement, involvement, inspiration, encouragement, excitement! These are but a few of the happenings I've been blessed to witness over the past two weeks... and, above all else, the deep understanding that we've only barely begun to scratch the surface of potential with in this thing we call Community!

From reading this blog it's easy to extrapolate that this is about all I do. Well, yea... but what else is there? Follow your passion! There is no time to waste on anything that doesn't feed your spirit!

I feel incredibly fortunate to have found a community of people as passionate about life as I. But I didn't find that by sitting around my living room in apathy. Bare your passion to the world. If you don't find your community, Cultivate it!

Yes, it takes time and it takes commitment... the benefits are well worth your efforts!

And now, I set myself out to embark on an adventure that will carry this passion around the globe. Life is as much about cultivation as it is about exploration.

Until then, leaning out: giving the community the opportunity to find its own identity and build its own narrative.

Separating myself has to be one of the most challenging parts of this whole process. So many beautiful things on the horizon.

From a continent away I will look on and watch how we grow together even while separated by great distance.

Blah blah... none of this is what you came to this blog to read. You want to hear about my adventures. Well, stay tuned. The adventures have just begun.

32 days from Honolulu. 42 from Kona. 52 from Molokai. 59 from Australia. and 64 from complete permaculture immersion!

Next stop... Douglass, Texas?

Starting with an affirmation

As the freedom of this epic journey starts to permeate further into my reality I am overwhelmed by the love and generosity of the beautiful community here. I've tried several times to capture my appreciation in words with little success. Rather than continue to blunder through that line let me get back to brass tax...

Last night I raised an additional $200 for my future permaculture aid work efforts. Despite what the ChipIn sidebar says, I am now a mere $50 from reaching my first goal of $1000 to carry the seeds of permaculture to parts of the world that are, for one reason or another, most in need of this revolution in ecological land management.

I never imagined I would come this far and, even more so, be so well received by you all. I'd like to take this opportunity to reaffirm my conviction that I intend to show you how your contribution has made a difference in the world. This is not some large faceless charity you've contributed to and I will refrain from trying to guilt you with images of starving children. I intend to pull back the veil on some of the root causes of poverty and famine and expose real solutions that demonstrate that the potential for abundance can be found anywhere.

That's a tall order, I know. But I don't have any hesitation in saying your contributions will go toward accomplishing just that. I've separated the donated money from my personal accounts and travel expenses. This will help to ensure that each dollar donated goes directly to these goals and I will not withdraw on that money until I feel I can justify its use toward that end.

jennajasso.com

Indeed I feel very fortunate to be in a place were I can take this leap and experience life in this way. None of this has come easy and I have no illusions about the incredible challenges that lie ahead. I arrived here through hard work and dedication, however, what I'm doing is not extraordinary. Rather, it is the result of applying myself to what I truly believe. Life is what we make it...

YOU make it amazing!
---
To all the people who have inspired me and helped to make this journey possible...
~My Deepest Thanks~