Perspectives on life - Myself, Leon,Carlos & Pat

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This we know: the earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.

- Attributed to Chief Seattle

* You may notice this post is also in Portuguese. This is because we have a new face joining the Mad Bush Farm Crew say Hi to Carlos guys. More on Carlos in this post.

I've seen and experienced many things during the course of my life. No I haven't travelled the world or done wonderfully exciting things such as going on a great adventure..yet my life has been one great adventure and I didn't have an air ticket to do it.

My plane has my journey through out my life. How I feel, what I've seen, how I've learned to cope with things when faced with a challenge. Sometimes I've walked myself into a quagmire and somehow managed to get myself out of it. I've had loss, grief, more grief, worry, pain and happiness. Sometimes people say to me "I don't know how you did it" I'm still asking myself that same question from time to time but the truth is by nature I am a strong person. With each crisis that came along I had to walk through that desert of despair and keep looking to the horizon of possibilities. Crisis became challenge - challenge became find the solution. I am an optimist by my nature - no matter what the challenge I always seem to look for a positive outcome. And for me it works. As someone has quoted:

The man on the mountain top didn't fall there

In other words we all have our mountains to climb. Whether in business,family,life experience,childhood it's a journey with highs and low's, now and then we'll hit a rock slide or two and sometimes get caught up with things we didn't ask for. We have faced fear somewhere in our lives - it's how we deal with it that matters.

My philosophy is learn to face the challenge, learn from the experience, take the lesson learned as new wisdom to pass on - after all life is forever a continuing educational experience.
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Take the writings for instance of talented Freelance Author Leon Basin. Leon is just 23 years old. In his book "Thoughts on Fire" Leon brings together a series of observations and perspectives covering (dare I say it) Life, the Universe and everything. His essay on "Riding my bike around the City" gives a fresh perspective on the urban landscape. Instead of... I got on my bike and rode it down the road..Leon approaches it from the point of view of seeing the world stand still if only for a second, finding great joy in the energy of life's (smallest of) moments.

He starts with.."Riding my bike around the city was a wonderful experience. Flowers smelling sweet. Children playing outside, without much worries in the world. Wind continued to make noise in the back of my ears. A calming sensation of pure satisfaction.."

I'm still reading "Thoughts on Fire" Leon challenges the reader through out each essay. He covers society, religion, belief, the seeing of life through an alternative point of view. He says what he thinks and he challenges us to do like wise. I believe Leon has a great future as a writer. Check out Leon's Book "Thoughts on Fire" here

From another perspective: I had an email from Carlos in Portugal. Carlos wrote to me concerning Ian Walthew's blog Farmblogs from around the World. I co-edit this (when I get the time) with Ian. Ian kindly blogged Carlos' email on Farmblogs. Worth a read if you can spare some time. Carlos came from the point of view that in Portugal Life there for a farmer isn't at all easy he writes...

I'm a PortuguĆŖse farmer, and I look around my country, about others blogs about farmers but I haven't found any.

Being farmer in Portugal is very ,very difficult, because we have nothing. No information, no associations, NOTHING.
We must have a lot of courage, power and love about what we do.

When I hear people complain about the weather, or something as trivial as the taste of their coffee I can only think look at Carlos and how he is prepared to stick hard to what he loves and believes in. Carlos to me is an inspiration to not those those in his own home country but to those of us who are in farming be it large or small. Yes I complain about the weather being too dry when I watch my pasture growth go into arrest. We can't always have things the way we like to have it. Many of my dairy farming friends wisely had lowered their farm budgets just in case Fonterra lowered the milk solid payout. Sure enough next season's payout forecast is NZD$4.55 per kg of milk solids. Not much when you've got high inputs to return back into the running of the farm. Take a moment to read Carlos' blog
Thank you Carlos for giving voice to your fellow farmers. An excellent blog and well worth the time taken reading. Fresh, brilliantly written, well thought out. A credit to his country for speaking out. No - life for Carlos is not easy and we all have to appreciate just how fortunate we all are, when we see people having to struggle on day to day basis.

Pat from The Weaver of Grass has always maintained that Farmers are a unique breed (so to speak) I think as individuals, farmers or not, we all find our strengths when faced with a challenge and deal with it. Pat is another with a fantastic outlook on life. She writes with the finesse of the poet and incredible creative writer she is. Each post Pat does is a self contained story. I've really enjoy her blog.

Just stop for moment, take a look at the world and breathe it all in - isn't it wonderful? I think so.
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Isto sabemos: a terra nĆ£o pertence ao homem, o homem pertence Ć  terra. Todas as coisas estĆ£o ligadas como o sangue que une todos nĆ³s. O homem nĆ£o tecer a teia da vida, ele Ć© apenas uma vertente nele. Tudo o que ele faz para a web, ele faz a si prĆ³prio.
- AtribuĆ­do ao Chief Seattle

* VocĆŖ pode perceber este post Ć© tambĆ©m em PortuguĆŖs. Isso Ć© porque nĆ³s temos uma nova cara a adesĆ£o Ć  Mad Bush Fazenda Crew dizer a Carlos OlĆ” rapazes. Mais informaƧƵes sobre Carlos neste post.

Tenho visto e experimentado muitas coisas durante o curso da minha vida. NĆ£o tenho viajado o mundo ou nĆ£o feito maravilhosamente excitante coisas acontecendo, como uma grande aventura .. mas a minha vida tem sido uma grande aventura e eu nĆ£o tinha um bilhete de aviĆ£o para o fazer.

Meu aviĆ£o foi minha jornada atravĆ©s da minha vida. Como eu sinto, o que eu tenho visto, como eu aprendi a lidar com as coisas quando Ć© confrontada com um desafio. ƀs vezes eu andei sozinho em um pĆ¢ntano e de algum modo conseguiu obter mim sair dela. Tive perda, dor, mais tristeza, preocupaĆ§Ć£o, dor e felicidade. ƀs vezes as pessoas dizem-me "NĆ£o sei como vocĆŖ fez" Ainda estou pedindo que a mim mesma pergunta ao longo do tempo, mas a verdade Ć©, por natureza, sou uma pessoa forte. A cada crise que surgiu eu tive de caminhar por esse deserto do desespero e manter olhando para o horizonte de possibilidades. Crise tornou desafio - desafio foi encontrar a soluĆ§Ć£o. Eu sou um otimista por minha natureza - nĆ£o importa o que o desafio que parecem sempre a olhar para um resultado positivo. E para mim isso funciona. Como alguĆ©m jĆ” citado:

O homem no topo da montanha nĆ£o caem lĆ”

Em outras palavras todos temos nossas montanhas para escalar. Quer seja em negĆ³cios, famĆ­lia, vida experiĆŖncia, infĆ¢ncia, Ć© um percurso com altos e baixos's, agora e depois vamos bater um rock slide ou dois e, por vezes, caem com coisas que nĆ£o pedimos. Temos enfrentado algum medo em nossas vidas - Ć© a forma como lidamos com ele o que interessa.

Minha filosofia Ć© aprender a enfrentar o desafio, aprender com a experiĆŖncia, ter aprendido a liĆ§Ć£o de como uma nova sabedoria de passar - afinal a vida Ć© sempre uma experiĆŖncia educacional contĆ­nua.

Pegue por exemplo os escritos de talentosos autĆ“nomos Leon Autor Bacia. LeĆ£o Ć© sĆ³ de 23 anos. Em seu livro "Thoughts on Fire" Leon reĆŗne uma sĆ©rie de observaƧƵes e perspectivas cobrindo (ouso dizĆŖ-lo) Vida, o Universo e tudo mais. Seu ensaio sobre "Riding minha bicicleta ao redor da Cidade" dĆ” uma nova perspectiva sobre a paisagem urbana. Em vez de ... Tenho na minha moto e ela andava pela estrada .. Leon abordagens que, do ponto de vista de ver o mundo stand ainda que apenas por um segundo, uma grande alegria em encontrar a energia da vida (dos mais pequenos) momentos.

Ele comeƧa com .. "Riding minha bicicleta ao redor da cidade foi uma experiĆŖncia maravilhosa. Flores cheiro doce. CrianƧas jogando fora, sem grandes preocupaƧƵes no mundo. EĆ³lica continuou a fazer barulho na parte de trĆ”s das minhas orelhas. AcalmaĆ§Ć£o Uma sensaĆ§Ć£o de pura satisfaĆ§Ć£o .. "

Ainda estou leitura "Thoughts on Fire" Leon desafios ao leitor atravĆ©s de cada ensaio. Ele abrange sociedade, religiĆ£o, crenƧa, vendo a vida atravĆ©s de um ponto de vista alternativos. Ele diz que o que ele pensa e ele nos desafia a fazer como o sĆ”bio. Creio LeĆ£o tem um grande futuro como escritor. Confira Leon's Book "Thoughts on Fire" aqui

De uma outra perspectiva: Eu tinha um e-mail de Carlos, em Portugal. Carlos escreveu para mim relativo Ian Walthew o blog de Farmblogs de todo o mundo. Eu co-editar este (quando chegar a hora), com Ian. Ian gentilmente blog Carlos' e-mail sobre Farmblogs. Vale a pena ler se vocĆŖ pode pouparĆ” algum tempo. Carlos veio do ponto de vista que, em Portugal, Vida lĆ” por um agricultor nĆ£o Ć© nada fĆ”cil ele escreve ...

Eu sou um portuguĆŖs agricultor, e eu olho em volta do meu paĆ­s, cerca de outros blogs sobre os agricultores, mas nĆ£o encontrei nenhum.

Ser agricultor em Portugal Ć© muito, muito difĆ­cil, porque nĆ£o temos nada. Sem informaĆ§Ć£o, sem associaƧƵes, NADA.
Temos de ter muita coragem, forƧa e amor do que fazemos.

Quando ouƧo as pessoas se queixam do tempo, ou algo tĆ£o trivial como o sabor do seu cafĆ© eu acho que sĆ³ pode olhar para Carlos, e como ele estĆ” preparado para ficar duro para que ele ama e acredita Carlos polegadas para mim Ć© uma inspiraĆ§Ć£o para nĆ£o aqueles aqueles em seu prĆ³prio paĆ­s, mas para aqueles de nĆ³s que estĆ£o na agricultura seja ela grande ou pequena. Sim, eu queixar-se o tempo a ser muito seco quando eu ir ver o meu crescimento em pastagem detenĆ§Ć£o. NĆ³s nĆ£o podemos ter sempre as coisas da forma como gostarĆ­amos de ter. Muitos dos meus amigos produĆ§Ć£o leiteira sabiamente tinha reduzido os seus orƧamentos agrĆ­colas sĆ³ no caso do leite baixou Fonterra sĆ³lidos pagamento. Claro suficientemente prĆ³xima Ć©poca de pagamento do previsĆ£o Ć© NZD $ 4,55 por kg de leite sĆ³lidos. NĆ£o Ć© muito elevado quando vocĆŖ tem entradas para voltar a correr em volta da fazenda. Tome um momento para ler Carlos' blog
Obrigado Carlos por dar voz aos seus compatriotas agricultores. E excelente blog e valeu a pena o tempo que leva leitura. Frescos, brilhantemente escrito, bem pensado. Um crĆ©dito ao seu paĆ­s para falar para fora. Sem vida de Carlos nĆ£o Ć© fĆ”cil e todos temos de apreciar o quĆ£o feliz todos nĆ³s, quando vemos as pessoas terem de lutar no dia a dia.

Pat Weaver A partir de Grass sempre manteve que os agricultores sĆ£o uma Ćŗnica raƧa (por assim dizer) Eu acho que, enquanto indivĆ­duos, os agricultores ou nĆ£o, todos nĆ³s encontrar a nossa forƧa quando confrontados com um desafio e lidar com ele. Pat Ć© outro com uma fantĆ”stica visĆ£o sobre a vida. Ela escreve com a sutileza do poeta e escritor criativo incrĆ­vel ela Ć©. Cada posto Pat faz Ć© uma auto contidos histĆ³ria. Eu realmente gosto de seu blog.

Basta parar de momento, ter um olhar para o mundo e tudo isso em respirar - nĆ£o Ć© maravilhoso? Eu acho que sim.


















Comments

  1. This is exciting Liz. We all know the internet is a worldwide phenomenon but to have Mr Basin contact you with his story is awesome.

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  2. Liz, you have a wonderful blog and I adore your talent! Stop by my blog, there is an award there for you! Best, D
    http://mygemstonebox.blogspot.com

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  3. Hi Amy..Believe me Leon's book is an incredible. It was Carlos that contacted me not Leon but funny enough Leon came onto this blog and said Hi I've been a follower of his writings ever since. He's awesome, talented and wise for his years. Recommended reading in my eyes.

    Hi Diane

    Oh you're spoiling me!LOL Yes I will come over especially now (I hope) blogger is allowing me to post up photos and comment again properly it's been cruel to me for ten days and I've had to use flickr to embed my images into my blog posts.

    Hugs and love to you both
    Liz

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  4. Good one, very interesting, thanks for sharing.

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  5. It is so true ... we do have so much and whine about the weather or what have you when others have so little. We need to "stop and smell the roses". Sounds like a good book, too!

    Kim Carolan
    President, Carolan Creative Enterprises, LLC
    http://walkingthroughthevalleyoftheshadow.blogspot.com
    www.strategicbookpublishing.com/walkingthroughthevalleyoftheshadowofdeath.html

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  6. Hi guys

    Bridget. Thank you! Hope you are well. Sorry i haven't been over yet. So busy with too much on. Take care Hope you are well.Liz

    Kim - Hi Kim wonderful of you to drop and visit. Having a look at your blog now. And yes it is all so true.

    Take care
    Liz

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