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“There is movement to the whole, a sense of connection with everything around you. That’s what heath is to me. As you move to the higher point, it is complex. I see it with families, it may take several generations of one person in a family willing to break away from destructive behaviors. Water flows through all. It is a one by one thing. It gives me hope. And hope and trust that there will be movement for a better, higher point. If you lose hope, it is over. That’s what motivates me.
“I like to see things from all sides and passionate about all causes. I guess that I would add to that, well, it has something to do with justice, seeking justice and solutions.
“A big part of me that is introspective and quiet, I don’t do well at big parties or bars. I recharge by going to a quiet place. When I feel discord, I have to go to a real quiet place and there will be (usually) a message. Something that gongs. And that is how I stay grounded.” She described a trip to the Boundary Waters with her daughter where they saw a baby eagle in the distance. It was on a branch and became clumsy, tipsy trying to hang on with its talons, upside down. The baby finally got up there and took off, as his belly grazed the pine trees as he tried to take off. “It has something to do with a feeling that comes when you discover falling upon, or sitting quietly, the combination, the intricacies of the quiet of the woods. The little things that go on, that we are oblivious to.” She says her motivation comes from, “things that make me laugh, being in a place and seeing a fluke, something hilarious and funny in nature and desiring the opportunity of seeing that happen.
“I see tremendous energy in students. Engaging in the community, this amazing energy that can be utilized, in their own learning experience and in the planning process in the region. They can help government bodies about key issues and decision making.
“Practical research, helping projects, all the things that go into environmental activism. The learning experience has to be community based and experimental and will get the message out and people will look for a place like Northland.
“We are the last frontier, we are doing pretty good, and nowhere near the developed condition of watersheds of Illinois or Ohio. Educating message across disciplines is essential…The Institute has a tremendous role to play in saving the North. If we can’t do it here, it is over. We have the capabilities to make a difference here.
“Each generation comes to think they are on the precipice of some huge change, some intense shift and that’s probably been true forever. For many reasons we are really at a critical time and shift, the potential for annihilation is there, in a way it has never been in the history of the world. The need for humans to make a difference is true.
“Remove yourself from the negative. There are good people and an amoral, powerful subgroup of evil people. You have to use all senses to be connected to a positive, ethical world. We have to pay attention; we have to see that little arrowhead point. Pay attention. All we are here to do is help the next generation make the connection with the greater good and part of a greater ecosystem. We have been entrusted in a unique way with protecting a gift, in doing so; it’s an interaction, reciprocity in the process. We are there to protect and connect and interact for balance of the whole.”
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Ricky | Oct 12th, 2004
Very touching and inspiring!
melanie mae | Nov 2nd, 2005
thanx!
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