Up at the Home, where my mother is, there are lots of other relatives coming and going, when we arrived we ended up connecting with two families across the corridor, they have remained friends (as have some in London & America!) and the long-term ones here I continue to connect with, now my friends have gone as such. 2 years ago, when my uncle was in the room next to my mother for recuperation, we had such fun over Christmas and New Year with 4 rooms & African connections .. so we were always supporting each other and it was good.

I do take time to talk to some of the elderly lonely relatives who come to visit their wife, or husband .. and they appreciate that connection – it’s important. I don’t participate much in the Home as Mum is confined to her room and she enjoys peace and quiet, but I participate by giving for fund raising, bits and bobs for their activity schedules etc etc and always say thank you to the staff & smile – essential, rather than just wandering in and out. I try and find out about the staff and keep up with their families etc .. I haven’t been perfect that way – but with Derek & Mum the last two years + have been pretty busy anyway: I am feeling better now with just my Ma – thank goodness.
I love to hate the thought of stopping at the front of a supermarket and waving & saying I love you people .. I’d probably be rushed off to the local looney bin!
From a soggy wet Eastbourne – Hilary Melton-Butcher
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When everything is based on money things can become much more routine, mechanical, predictable and unchanging. But when we share, trade or barter we interact with both humans and objects (objects: if we become more creative). We discover a deeper sense of self. We are indeed interacting with Life itself (something living as opposed to just handing over money).

Sure money has its place but oh it is mind blowing what will be possible when we can let go of that currency and what YOU say is so beautiful as I do think the issue is that we hardly can imagine how a different world will look like.
That is why people like you are sooooo important, you sing an image of how life can be, you are the image of how it can be and that is what I am so grateful for.

You paint such an eloquent yet necessary image and I would like to say back to you;
I am so glad you are here; I am just so glad. More than I have words for. You speak the image of the future I have been looking when you be and share your truth. I’ve missed you too and it is soooo good to have you back.

My absolutely wonderful shining Robin, I so appreciate your image building, it pulls me forward and makes my heart sing more than I can say.
Lots of love and a big welcome back hug, Wilma

When I learned of energy and the flow of positive energy I began to understand that is the concept I apply. It allows my life to be much larger and much “richer” in depth than I could have conceived possible

Joy, you got it and I cannot wait until we are all free to think and act this way and create peace and joy via the universal bank.
Love Wilma

This is post speaks of a return to soul. We lose so much soul when we see money as the ONLY contribution, the only thing of value. We lost it ALL, and so many people fall through the cracks. We lose intimacy, interaction, self-esteem, values, creativity and more. Even the creativity aspect is HUGE. When we can share, barter or trade we are forced to start thinking in more creative ways. We are forced to ask ourselves, “What do I have to contribute?” It is no longer as simple as reaching in our wallets and handing over some money. I’m not saying that is bad, but it is soooooooo little compared to what we are capable of giving. And when we can find something we are good at or can give it not feels creative but boosts our self-esteem.

We also lose our stories and our experiences become limited. When everything is based on money things can become much more routine, mechanical, predictable and unchanging. But when we share, trade or barter we interact with both humans and objects (objects: if we become more creative). We discover a deeper sense of self. We are indeed interacting with Life itself (something living as opposed to just handing over money).

When I came out of the rainforest I was one day going to a large supermarket with a friend. She waved her hand at the huge store and all the people going in and out and said, “It must be so nice to finally be back in a community.” I said, “I will have to build my community as what I see is NOT community, but a collective of isolated individuals.” She looked at me stunned and asked, “What do you mean? This IS a community. It’s even a small city.” I said, yes it’s a small city, but it’s NOT a community. Nobody even speaks to each other.” She said, “Well that’s normal, they don’t know each other.”

I just looked at her and didn’t say anything and finally she stopped in her tracks and said, “Oh! I see what you mean.” She had assumed because there were 65+ people living in the same area that that meant it was a community.

It is why as I told Ann Marie in her post on intimacy in blogging that I reach out wherever I go, even to total strangers who look tired, stressed, sad, worried. When I run into those people again, they remember me and I them, even weeks or months later and we connect again.

I am thinking of doing a post about an incident I had in a grocery store a few years ago. A perfect example of how we can create community everywhere we go. Sadly, also a perfect example of what happens when we have no community. OR let’s say it this way, “When the world does not respond to us with a community spirit.”

Thank you from my heart Wilma just for BEING! I am so glad you are here; I am just so glad. More than I have words for. You make so many things more real for me simply by speaking your truth. I’ve missed being and it is good to be back.

You are a rare beauty,
Love, Robin
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