thank you

also thanks so much to josephine, danielle and jess for your help with the technical bits!

our lives begin

our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter- martin luther king
to not feel held back.
but let these words live in me:

sight
perception
liberation
wholeness
wholesomeness
movement
health
fullness
sanity
balance
hope.

i have been reading heat (it's about global warming) and taking notes, i'm not sure why i'm taking notes but i am.
along side it i've been reading about poverty and social justice. for a week or two I felt like I could'nt breathe.
How can I make pretty things out of something that takes and consumes. Surely the beauty is not true beauty unless it gives.
Unless we stop kidding ourselves by thinking we can live without limits.

We have found a printer who prints to the green standards, which is more than eco inks and recycled paper.
this is thrilling to me, but only the beggining.
I now have a list that could possibly be unachievable, but i'm going for it anyway.
a list that gives life and dignity to my brothers and sisters in poverty.
How can my joy be complete while someone else is in distress.
i will give.
i will donate.
i will pray and move my feet.

xx
alana

p.s the photo is from Sara on her holiday in tassie, it's so glorious!