Connection

As I sat down for a lunch of leftover pumpkin mash, sausages, peas and brown onion gravy today the beauty and immensity of how we are all connected dawned on me and not just a little.  No man is an island, we rely deeply on each other and I think since Covid many of us may have sadly forgotten this. 

Isolated

For a long time while living rurally I felt isolated. I had my community – Dipton but I thought I didn’t have my tribe. My family didn’t live locally and many of them lived overseas. 

What you believe will show up

Funnily enough when you don’t think you have something, the Universe/God/The Quantum (whatever your words are or aren’t for a greater power) will do a great job at showing you what you believe. We receive validation around this and I felt that I was alone and isolated. 

Dipton – the place to be

Before I go any further, I live in an incredible community, filled with amazing people from all around the world. The beliefs were my own and centred around my own insecurities and sense of self worth and because of this I felt like I didn’t have my tribe. 

Exploration

Over time I have done a lot of personal reflection and exploration work.  I love to learn and grow and my goal in this thing call life is to be the best possible version of myself. 

Matariki

As I write this a friend has just shared a link with me via Messenger around Matariki – the Pohutukawa Fashion and Flames to be held in Waihopai/Invercargill on the 15th of June. When you put yourself out there, opening up to connection, it flows on in, like a river naturally to the ocean.  I whakapapa Māori on my dad’s side.  For a long time I struggled with how I felt internally and how I looked on the outside.  I have learnt that many of us have strong connections to where we whakapapa – Scottish, Irish, Scandinavian etc and I have as much right as anyone to love the Māori within me. 

Energy and connection

But I digress … connection.  Back to my favourite thing – kai.  I thought about all the hands literally and figuratively that were involved in the process of creating my lunch.  The energy and connection from people growing the food; people delivering it; the energy suppliers so I could cook it; Papatuanuku/Mother Earth and Ranginui/Sky Father to grow and nurture it, just to name a few. 

It’s a kind of magic

It’s magical and suddenly my food, clothing, furniture … everything around me has taken on a whole new energy about them.  A world of connection through everything we touch, hear, see and feel. The magic and beauty of a song thrush singing on your morning walk. A song playing on Spotify – the hands to create and mix it, a voice to sing it. Your cellphone – from the mining of its lithium battery to the software development so we can walk around with mini computers in our pocket. It is all pure magic.

You are not alone

So if you’re ever feeling disconnected and lonely, stop and look around you and see, through the things in your life how connected you truly are, you are not alone and there is a community within reach, just believe and they’ll start showing up. 

Aroha nui

Kim