Now that I'm older...kind of wiser...and more informed: I'm ready for life! It only took how long? I am excited for all that I'm learning now about spirituality, healing and how to participate in the world.
I volunteer at a local farmers market on Thursday afternoons. I would like to say that I work there to make money...but I don't have a vegetable garden right now!! I enjoy participating at the market because of all the connections I make. I would have to go knocking door-to-door for at least a year to make the connections that I've made in one month. This opportunity fell in my lap and I am grateful for my friend Heather who introduced me to the people in charge of the market. This whole idea of networking is new to me. It was somewhat overwhelming to think about how I was going to call complete strangers to see if "they wanted to play" so to speak. With this opportunity...I've already made friends with the people who run the town where I live, learned about a local clergy group, made a connection with a presidential campaigner, and I help support the local food growers in my community. How great is that?
The tomato is the image used for advertising for the Dimondale Farmers Market. I was inspired to research the correspondence to my church's theology. As John Worcester says, "[tomatoes]
represent some external, natural wisdom; and their bright red color, as well as their family, indicates that it is wisdom of
domestic affection. It is neither comprehensive nor spiritual in quality; but simply the bright sociability of natural affection, which helps to make home cheerful and harmonious."
So we can look to the tomato for inspiration to make our homes happy and our social relations that much more substantial. Funny how life can come full circle.
More later,
Jenn
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