Our world is the mind. I always thought the the mind was only thinking. Now I understand the mind to be the fabric of our entire experience. The state of the mind is the state of us. The mind is what brings together all of our essence, like a railroad connecting the stations.

The stations connect in harmony through the mind. 

I have had a hard time with my farming career. Everyone I work with has such strong ego. They have to win and be right! How could I grow beyond that when everyone I work with was dragging me towards ego? To grow is the answer, and right now I grow by letting it flow and letting go.

A train rumbles past the train tracks.

I‘m in a field next to it. I wait as our bean planter comes into the field.

It’s dry. Very dry. There is rain in the forecast 5 days away, but with each passing day it keeps getting moved back. We do what we can.

We adapt.

We’re farmers.

We have to work with the nature.

The nature changes too, just like me.

Change is constant. If change wasn’t constant then I couldn’t grow myself. I’m working to grow myself.

Energy is flowing. The next stage on my journey is my energy. I may let it flow. Do I sit in it? Sit with it? Feel it?

Easier said than done.  

I carry responsibility with me. In the past I have often have seen it as a burden, something that I need to shed to move forward with my life. It weighed down my shoulders. My bigger self now understands that the responsibilities I feel aren’t shackles meant to be heavy. With my growth, these chains that I dragged around now feel lighter and lighter once these responsibilities are met head on with courage.

Take accountability.

Communicate.

Take action.

The buck stops with me, so I show that.

Prove it.

For as they say, no one is going to come and save me. I save myself. I do it for myself but I do it for those who rely on me. For this is what it means to be a big man at this stage of my growth.

We take you home hand in hand,

Sisters, your home has now expanded.

The days are long but the years are short,

We are simply thankful for all of our support.

The lifelong talks you will have together,

Simply put, no matter the weather.

Beach days, rainy days, snowy days ahead,

The feelings you feel are here for me to stead.

There’s nothing more important to me,

Than for me to set you free.

And although I’m a farmer,

You’re my most important crop to grow.

I likely won’t be your last love

But your first I may be so.

Love dada