Ode to the VBC

The first law of thermodynamics states: “In all physical and chemical changes energy is neither created nor destroyed, but may be converted from one form to another.”
This is a great fundamental universal law to keep in mind as we go through our daily lives. It serves to remind us how connected we all are, from the daddy long legs crawling up the patio stairs to the freshly planted sunflower. It also serves to remind that what we do to the natural world around us and what we throw away does not just “go away”.  The atoms holding you and I together come from an infiinite variety of sources and are recycled over and over...Your form has been here forever. Wow, how smart you must be!  In honor of all this miraculous energy and potential and in honor of the upcoming Village Building Convergence:

In the heart of this space
skin of stars, eye of dinsoaur
beating and pulsing
atoms of yesterday
moons of tomorrow
the promise of a sustainable future

Remembering how to live as villagers
we mix amongst the tentacles, feathers and scales of life
learning how to balance and reciprocate
breathing in and letting go
old paradigms and constructs
in with the new and out with the old

It is time, it is time

to celebrate, to grow
this is a precious time
between you and I
between the space of possibility, inspiration and action
we are birthing together
this new reality
let us converge
and build this new village