Embrace the Within no. 7

“You support what you love.”

Embrace the Within.

I got the tricycle up and running this past weekend. I took the tricycle down to the Amish bike shop and asked him to take a look at the gears and brakes. When I got the bike back, I had a flat front tire that I traded out the tube on and now everything is rocking and rolling. On my second journey of Sunday down to church, my tricycle riding brought the attention of my daughter and her friends much to my daughter’s embarrassment. BUT, being my child opens you up to a multitude of embarrassing situations.

Yesterday I took a quick trip up the trail and back, getting used to sitting on a bike seat and working on getting my legs in biking shape. Part of my plan is being able to get to my supply chain without having to drive and along the trail is the local farmer’s market and access to other local businesses. Getting myself in better biking shape will cut down on my travel time over walking BUT still allow me to take in the sights at a slowed pace.

If you want to change the world, you have to start by changing yourself. I am not going to get anywhere by having the best beliefs or the tightest argument or the best facts. I am going to change others through my changing example. If I want to be a champion of simplification, sustainability, and stewardship then I have to not just talk about those ideas, not just argue those ideas, BUT actually live those ideas. And flying to conferences, imposing legislation, putting folks in cages, fining folks for noncompliance, or any other heavy-handed coercive technique is not going to convince folks. BUT a little craziness in the eyes of the world just might.

Doing things the way we’ve always done them and going along with the crowd are surefire ways to avoid embarrassment and being a spectacle BUT they don’t make meaningful change. Change is only going to occur when we stop listening to things that do not align with our best interests. It is not in my interest to destroy my habitat. It is in my interest to be a better steward to the world around me. And this begins with changing the way I interact with my habitat, my community, my world. Set your heart in truth and find your path even when the world looks at you like you are crazy. At least be crazy for a reason.

Peace to your home. Bless your being. The reign of God is now. Have the day you want. I hope you find whatever you’re looking for.

#ThinkBetter #BeBetter #NoGodsNoMasters #MyNepheshMyChoice #MakeYourselfGreatAgain #EmbracetheWithin

Embrace the Within no. 6

“You support what you love.”

Embrace the Within.

I have for years been explaining that what you spend your time and money doing are the manifestations of what you love. You can’t love something that you don’t invest your time into experiencing. So, where I spend my time and money says a lot about what I value in life.

Fourteen days ago, I decided that I loved freedom enough to act free as much as possible. For me that started with gardening and moving on shortening my supply chain. It then transformed into getting my body healthy by eating foods that were not processed and filled with syrups and oils and beginning the day with some exercise. And then it transformed again with the addition of getting my mind healthy by reading and studying and writing every day. And then it finally transformed again by focusing on my spiritual health which led to a reading of the Word from cover to cover and a covenant to attend a few different houses of God. Now, every day begins and ends with my focus on my body, my mind, and my spirit because that is what I support and love.

In a strange way, my focus on loving freedom eventually freed all aspects of my life. I don’t worry about politics and the news. I am more concerned with my chickens, rabbits, and plants. I don’t worry about prices and inflation. I am looking for ways to remove myself from the systems around me. I don’t worry about looking foolish or weird. I have always done things my own way and with my own approval as the ultimate stamp. And as I grow into the person that I want to be, I can only do that through supporting the things I love.

It is through our love that we show what we truly value in this life. It is through love that we act in showing our support for those things that are important. We are given this reminder about love in the first book of John, “Beloved, let us [unselfishly] love and seek the best for one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves [others] is born of God and knows God [through personal experience]. The one who does not love has not become acquainted with God [does not and never did know Him], for God is love [He is the originator of love, and it is an enduring attribute of His nature.]”(1 John 4:7-8 AMP).

What is your life showing that you support? What are your actions showing that you love?

Peace to your home. Bless your being. The reign of God is now. Have the day you want. I hope you find whatever you’re looking for.

#ThinkBetter #BeBetter #NoGodsNoMasters #MyNepheshMyChoice #MakeYourselfGreatAgain #EmbracetheWithin