UH OH THE FEDS!!!!!!!!!!!

Nanci is a member of the bioregional animsit tribe at tribe.net,
she recently emailed me about her day at work... I got such joy out of what she told me, I asked her to write it up and post it on the tribe. This is what she shared with us....
What really cracked me up was that she told them to google it... I have resorted to that over and over again as well!
Enjoy!



Educating the Talking Heads!~

So how about I am at a staff meeting/training/federal audit…oooooppps! sorry (MONITORING) for my Night Owl Programming today.
The very looong morning has turned into a mid-day, monotonous, droning… on and on about programming, staffing, goals, etc. The discussion turns into an impromptu training, in which everyone has to say what three gifts they bring to the team. One of the staff conveys that one of her gifts is appreciating and getting to know where she is and being one with nature. I’m having a little trouble grasping the concept but anyway…
I have had enough of this monotone madness and my smart ass self couldn’t help it…I blurted out quite suddenly…”Yeah that’s bioregional animism!” The room now goes entirely quiet…you could have heard and leaf drop at that very moment…or at least an acorn!
OMG!~ now I have really done it...put myself out there, for sure; as I have just recently grasped the concept myself! My head full of useless knowledge has come head to head with the talking heads…and now I have to explain what I just said. I can bullshit my way through a lot of stuff but whoa…bioregional animism?!?!? If ever a foot was in a mouth…now was the time!
The entire room now has to know what this is, so I go onto explain the concept to an eagerly awaiting audience; speaking about balance, harmony, and sustainable living through a oneness with the environment you live in. They are all on the edge of
their proverbial seats, asking many questions and looking like the biggest beeswax candle just illuminated their tiny, talking head world!~ The Fed is looking at me as if he is thinking “Oh we got a loon here!”…sizing up my mental health. (And by the way I saw a loon on my way home) He asks me to repeat the word, which I certainly do. He quickly acts astonished and says he’s never heard of it.
At this point I go on to tell him that certainly he has experienced this concept on some level , as most cultures were animistic at one time. In our zeal to remain a superpower and a dominant force in the global arena, we have wandered away from the natural order and rhythm of things. Bigger, better, and modern convenience has now replaced a workable and sustainable way of living. It is part of the reason that human beings are so stressed out all the time. They have become engaged in linear time and
forgotten how to coexist with their environment and let things happen organically.
The fed was speechless and merely stared at me for a moment. “What was that word again?” ROFLMAO…”BIOREGIONAL ANIMISM….google it!”
Tonight, twelve people will be googling bioregional animism and getting a concept of exactly what that is; and what fun it was to fuck with the fed!~
And on my way home..I was at peace with the beautiful l fall landscape, the loon, the blue heron in the river, and the eagle that flew up over the ridge as I topped the crest in the road~

Peace.
Little Shield
(nanci)