Place Creators: leadership meeting

The group of 40 Place Spotters with the aim to design a virtual ecovillage had a meeting about leadership last weekend. 

The role of the leader is needed everywhere, even in a small communities as an ecovillage.  It is easy to guess we do not want heads like the modern presidents, directors, commanders or managers.  A good leader should be a minister who is smaller or servant in Latin.  Smaller in ego, greater in service.  This is my view only, because we are still discussing this in several small groups.  If anyone is interested to know more drop me a line, please and I will be happy to find out if this can be shared via my English blog.

Thanks for all the encouragement to refurbish the house my mother inherited partly, however this project is not going to happen and I aim to dedicate more time and energy to to this new shared project.  If you want to send me positive thoughts or pray, direct your energies to the Place Creators, please.  We have started walking our path and have a long way ahead.

Fear not, advised Sathia Sai Baba for this special year. 
Live the future and leave the past behind, I like to add.

(15 November 2012)

A day in the garden

I did some work in my mother's garden last Friday.  Using up all the compost that's been piling up for nearly ten years I came close to the end of the digging this year.  The sunshine was so warm a T-shirt was enough.  Yellow wasps were looking for shelter or food in the thujas.  A ladybird landed on my hand, climbed up and flew to freedom.  Birds were singing in the backyard and in the neighbourhood.  The fig tree presented the last ripen fruits before winter takes its harvest.  It was a peaceful day.