Plants

I have been home with a cold for the past 2 days.
It is the only time I really have in the quiet to recollect and inspire my soul's spark. And always it comes down to plants. I love the research of plants, they make me truly happy.
Plants are what stirs my soul. I can spot a plant from afar, and know what it is, zero in on it, love it and want to be with it. On the side of the road, driving by.. in a store, at someone's house, and in the wild...

I love some plants more than others for their familiarity alone - Like Comfrey. and Calendula, and St. John's Wort, and Yarrow...

I love working with them, I love growing them, tending to them, teaching about them, making medicines with them and working with them....
Yes, they make me more happy than most things.

Certainly working on someone else's dream rather than my own as of the past year... that's for sure, and it stops with the building of my own platform this year. No more working for an ugly hearted person who.. I think... needs meds... hah.

(yea, thats been bothering me a lot)

We shall see how this year unfolds as far as foundational pieces.. but one thing I do know- It's MY Turn....

(say that in a Gru voice  )

create

 A friend of Mine posted this Today- and it is a spark.
"It seems to me that while on the journey to finding a career, a lot of people from my generation are no longer just looking for a steady income, but trying to make sure they're apart of an effort that the community or country or globe will somehow benefit from.

I just read an article by Lauren Markham about a young woman named Deena Miller who owns a farm with her husband in the Sierra Nevada. She has some really beautiful things to say about why she does what she does, and what made her decide this was right for her. I absolutely love her thoughts and really admire her career choice. In fact, this is the prettiest explanation I've ever heard on farming.
"I went to college for agriculture, but the more I learned about it, the more I saw it as a tool for change. I realized that, to me, the difference between the environmental movement and growing food is that growing food is really positive. You're saying YES, instead of asking people to stop something.
"My decision to become a farmer had to do with my feeling very strongly that farming is a nexus for social, ecological, and political change.
"Here, I'm building something. And I like that. I like that we're stewards of this land, that we're building the soil and taking care of the pollinators, the bees, the birds--it's just so positive.
"What's hard is when you're so tired, and your body hurts so much, and you're so poor...But when I get down to it, I think about a conversation I had with my mom that really helped me. She asked, 'if everyone was doing what you're doing, would the world be a better place?' And the answer is, of course, yes. Yes, it would. And that's why I do it."

I can say that i love this so much, because that is why I do what I do as well. I know that my trade, My craft, my gifts change the world for the better, small pieces at a time, one life in a moment.
There is a movement for the new year on FB about your "one WORD' your mantra... Mine is Create. "CREATE"
Yes, Live fully in Creation mode. Beautiful creations.
Full Fledged creations. Life explosions of magnificence.
 Apothecary. Herb Blending, Amazing product making, Teaching Awesomeness in Creation. On all levels on all walks in all ways. Grand Creations.

It's kind of like I am putting my life back together in the way it should be, but in a whole new light.