This is a picture of Fiji. It is it’s own little ecosystem in a jar. How cool is that?
The significance of this image is remarkable.
It represents organic growth and self sustainability.
Now the really interesting part is this is a gift from my friend and co-author Jamie Wood.
When we met we worked together. Then drifted apart, then back together. In the back together phase Jamie had done this very amazing women’s retreat in Fiji that inspired so many women to “let themselves out”. It was raw and of the earth and pure spirit.
She brought back from this experience a rock. And a jar of water. Then she gave it to me.
One day I was looking at them and they kept scattering and just falling into the abyss in my house so I decided to drop the rock into the water.
No intention. Just Instinct.
Then I let it go.
Out of that has grown this self sustaining eco-system that frankly, won’t die. I’ve stuck it in boxes, it’s been shook up, my children have handled it and nothing has killed it.
This is such a powerful symbol of releasing all expectation and fear. Of following instinct and watching the outcome when we get out of our own way.
Whenever Jamie and I get stuck in a box, we remember Fiji. The magick created on that journey. The magick created by instinct. And what happens when we step out of our box …created by fear and control and analysis…and just let the rock and the water do their trick.
That is how we work together. She provides the rock and the water. I drop it in the jar and let it grow.
How freakin’ amazing is that?
The significance of this image is remarkable.
It represents organic growth and self sustainability.
Now the really interesting part is this is a gift from my friend and co-author Jamie Wood.
When we met we worked together. Then drifted apart, then back together. In the back together phase Jamie had done this very amazing women’s retreat in Fiji that inspired so many women to “let themselves out”. It was raw and of the earth and pure spirit.
She brought back from this experience a rock. And a jar of water. Then she gave it to me.
One day I was looking at them and they kept scattering and just falling into the abyss in my house so I decided to drop the rock into the water.
No intention. Just Instinct.
Then I let it go.
Out of that has grown this self sustaining eco-system that frankly, won’t die. I’ve stuck it in boxes, it’s been shook up, my children have handled it and nothing has killed it.
This is such a powerful symbol of releasing all expectation and fear. Of following instinct and watching the outcome when we get out of our own way.
Whenever Jamie and I get stuck in a box, we remember Fiji. The magick created on that journey. The magick created by instinct. And what happens when we step out of our box …created by fear and control and analysis…and just let the rock and the water do their trick.
That is how we work together. She provides the rock and the water. I drop it in the jar and let it grow.
How freakin’ amazing is that?
Thanks for sharing that. I do love it.
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