Thank you for pointing out the "Elephant in the Room."
That is so refreshing....
I am a very average person, in that I work long hours at a job I am tired of. My body wants to move around more than a ten hour day in a windowless cubicle cleaning teeth will allow. I could not afford to make my dream come true (a small homestead to create and grow in).
But every day I pray for guidance, for help, for the ability to become a better person. Pretty average stuff.
I never went without food in my life, but I have lived without hope for many years.
Things began to change in December. The only way I could describe it is that I feel like I am molting. Of course, since I "live" at the office, all my friends are there. There is no energy left for personal relationships. And these folks live to watch "The Bachelor" and talk about it every day at lunch. They have no clue what I am talking about. But they are good people, and I love them. The office is a happy, prosperous Prison.
Molting is an uncomfortable process. And it leaves you oh so vulnerable. But you cannot help but grow, you are not the One in control.
In January I found myself doing and saying things that were very uncharacteristic. I could not hide anymore, and I could not tolerate my "Rut." I began to take action to change my future.
One step leads to another, and I now describe this as my "Yellow Brick Road." Who knew?
I suspect the "Guy upstairs" (or is He hidden deep inside us?) has taken matters into his own hands and is my benevolent Guide.
Or probably it is simply that I have given up and let go of the reigns, so He can finally do something to help me.
At any rate, I am now in the process of change, both inner and outer, that is an unavoidable part of Letting/Making your dreams come true.
The tool that I was handed appears deceptively shallow. But the person who handed it to me is a pillar of character, a humble leader and teacher, and a solid businesswoman. There was no risk, and unlimited potential. One more step on my Yellow Brick Road...
I have not begun to understand all the good we can create in our personal world and the greater outer world with this tool. Every morning I wake up with new ideas on how I can apply it, and there is a smile on my face.
My motto when confronted by limiting ideas has always been that I never want to belong to an exclusive club. Special interests are good, but there is power in numbers, and cameraderie. When I think of Humanity, I see a field of poppies, brushed by the wind, and I also see millions of beautiful and unique individual flowers.
The Ripple business concept is not new, but it is refined, expanded, and designed to fund itself. It is a distribution channel for good, services, and ideas. I love the ideas part. For people who have no background in business models or basic network marketing, it looks suspicious. Just like in Permaculture, you work hard to create an elegant system, and then you work it, you tweak it, you live it.
I am still not accustomed to the indifference and sometimes hostility I encounter from people I respect and care about when I offer them this gift.
There is nothing we fear more than not getting what we want... than getting it.
And then again, I am offering them something they have never seen before, and it is easier to dismiss it than risk change of any kind.
So here is a link to my page , where you can take a look. This is by invitation only, one person at a time, so if you want one, you can request it there, or simply email me.
thetsunamiproject.com/hangout/1067
This is how I am funding my homestead, my charitable projects, my retirement, and whatever else the Big Guy has set up along my Yellow Brick Road....
Let's put some cash in the hands of the common man, and change our world into one we want to leave to our children.