What are we doing?

[ALisa Starkweather]

How are you right now?
What are you doing?
How are you feeling?
What is happening among us with our friends and loved ones?
What is our personal feelings as fuel and food costs rise and job securities shiver?

I'll answer for myself since I am still the only member here!
I am everything in this moment. A little numb, overwhelmed, a little scared, even excited. I am inspired and full of energy. I am sad and wondering about our children and our future. Right now, I am putting plants into the ground and dancing literally with the dragonflies. Taking refuge in the beauty and missing the honeybees so very much. Everything seems so surreal yet so extremely beautiful as if each moment I am counting like a jewel. I want to plan my future and realize that this is futile in the way I had once thought about that. Instead I am spending an enormous time weaving, circling, meeting, networking, bonding, collaborating, visioning and anchoring my roots to all the strength I was born with.

Many people are beginning to call me in a kind of panic over serious issues that have to do with relationships, monies, job loss, illness, fear, depression. I can tell that they are seeking answers, perhaps my calm and even wisdom. Unfortunately because of the pure volume of suffering around me I am coming to terms with the very real knowing that I cannot and have never been able to save those that I love dearly. Instead, I listen, I learn, I pray and I stay open in my heart hoping beyond hope that it is enough for my beloveds. But I know that it is not. Not really. Because this time is asking something very different from us. A kind of morphing, shifting, internal landscapes rearranging our contracts with our lives. If we play out any of those old stories about being punished when things aren't going well we are in for a ride. Love is all around us.
Instead in the garden I find myself planting too close to an ant pile. Before I know it their hole caves in. I think about them in there experiencing one more landslide avalanche as they go into action with their babies. They will build again. Together they will do what is needed as it is needed because that is what they must do. We will too. And we do.
Food costs. Well, we are lucky to have a very large garden and a big freezer. Food is abundant with spinach, lettuce and asparagus coming up like crazy. I am very concerned however with how many food riots are happening on our planet in over thirty countries. Avaz says 100 million people are starving and that is beyond comprehension really. Our gas prices are also reflecting our falling dollar on the world market which I really experienced in India. It is a new world women. Are we ready? Stay tuned, stay close. I'd love to hear your voices. ALisa
http://www.alisastarkweather.com

[Imani]

Thank you ALisa for following your heart & doing what you do best - holding the space for women to rise up and find their truth! I have admired your passion since we first met sixteen years ago. Although we have shapeshifted over the years, the essence of our visions have remained much the same - to empower women...perhaps they have become a bit more refined yet even more relevant during the most critical time in the his/herstory of our species. I feel that I have a deeper understanding of what I was feeling all those years ago and am only recently grasping the depth of the message. The sense of urgency I feel is equally intense and I too sense the mounting alarm. We must re-member that we are powerful. We must reclaim ourselves and put not only ourselves back together, but the world as well. It is a huge task. We need each other. We need focus, clarity of our intentions and direction. We need to strategize, organize, mobilize. This world is going to get a bit crazy and we need to be prepared - to put our multi-tasking talents to the test. It is truly a call to action and everything else pales in comparison. I share the same daily reminders and try to remain grateful for every aspect of my life as I am experiencing it...some days are more challenging than others. I think most importantly we must not get distracted and stay connected to what is real and then respond in a pro-active, positive manner. I have witnessed your talent for pulling women out of the depths of despair and I hope that this forum will provide such a space, for us all, on those days when we need some strength. Much love.