Kim Elkington

with Kim Elkington

The water needs our help before it is destroyed. Through some back room deals, a devastating change has been made to the Fisheries Act that now allows mining companies to dump mine tailings waste into pristine lakes across the country. This happened in 2002, both in the U.S. and Canada, from intense pressure exerted by multinational mining companies, to make mining more profitable at the expense of pristine lakes and rivers. Canada’s government is not consulting with the people whose land it is, or the people down stream. Nor is any voice given to the millions of birds, fish, animals and plants that depend on the body of water for life itself.

I’ve just returned home from a lovely impromptu Earth Day celebration at our local community centre, and I am buoyed by how much this small town has grown comfortable with the change and differences between people.

It is spring and the energy is here to plant our seeds, to make our dreams come true. At a collective and energetic level there is also a powerful calling this year to reach out to each other, to voice what we are choosing to no longer feed, and to express what in our hearts we know we must now manifest in the new earth. There is a lot of confusion and darkness out there as one world ends and we co-create the next. It is important to hold the light, and even visualize how it might express itself, without getting pulled down into the darkness.

with Kim Elkington

Everyday Rituals & Celebrations with Kim Elkington

with Kim Elkington

I feel almost as though we have turned the corner, that we are in a new world now. I can’t quite put my finger on it, just a feeling that we are slipping seamlessly into a new weaving of ourselves. One way to describe it is an awareness of being both engaged and detached at the same time, aware of breathing deeper and floating slightly above the constant stream of engaging events. That’s it; we are all lighter, a little higher, shining a little brighter.

The phone rang first thing on the morning of my birthday. Oh good, I thought, a loved one is going to sing happy birthday. However, at the other end of the receiver was a mechanized voice saying: “Don't be alarmed” (and then something about how there was still time to reduce my insurance premiums). Hmmmm. This was an interesting message to arrive for the year ahead. So I wrote it on my blackboard.