How do you usually feel AFTER eating a meal? 🗳️Vote and share🗣️: When was the last time you felt genuinely GOOD after eating? What did you eat?

We often think of resilience as toughness—the ability to push through, endure, or resist. But nature teaches us a deeper truth: True resilience isn’t found in rigidity. It lives in flexibility, adaptation, and intelligent design. Think of a forest after a storm. It doesn’t “fight” the wind—it sways, bends, and sometimes sheds what no longer serves it. Its strength lies in its complex, interconnected system: roots intertwined, species supporting one another, cycles of decay and rebirth. This is the essence of a resilient system: ✨ Not simplicity, but elegant complexity ✨ Not control, but adaptive intelligence ✨ Not force, but alignment with natural principles In our own lives and communities, we can design for resilience by asking: - How can we build systems that are flexible, not fragile? - Where can we create connections that strengthen the whole? - What can we learn from ecosystems about balance, flow, and renewal? Your turn: Where do you see beautiful resilience at work in nature—and how might it inspire the way you live, lead, or create? Share your observations below. Let’s learn from the oldest teacher of all. 🌍💫 #NatureInspiredResilience #SystemDesign #ComplexityAndSimplicity #LearnFromNature

These are some of the things we have had growing through the summer. I’m particularly proud of these pumpkins, small as they may be, cuz our first planting of pumpkins two years ago got completely massacred by squash bugs. I think our ducks help keep the squash bugs in check. What are you harvesting, physically, mentally, and in other ways?

One of the joys of living a nature-inspired lifestyle is creating with our own hands — whether it’s food, art, natural remedies, or everyday essentials. ✨ 💡 Handmade & selfmade can mean many things: 🍯 Preserving fruits & veggies 🍞 Baking, fermenting, brewing 🌱 Herbal blends & natural remedies 🎨 Creative crafts & useful DIY solutions 👉 I’d love to hear from YOU: 1️⃣ What does handmade mean to you in your daily life? 2️⃣ Do you already create or produce something yourself? 3️⃣ Would you be open to exchanging products, skills, or services with others in our community? 4️⃣ What inspires you most about self-sufficiency and handmade living? 💬 Share your thoughts, experiences, or even photos of your creations. Together, we can spark new ideas and maybe even support each other through exchange and collaboration. 🌍🤝 @everybody: ✨ Let’s inspire and empower each other to live more connected, creative, and self-sufficient lives.

No matter where you are in the world — whether you’re harvesting your own tree, shopping at a local market, or enjoying imported treats — most of us have citrus fruits like oranges, lemons, limes, or others in our kitchens from time to time. Instead of letting any part go to waste… We’d love to hear your ideas, tips, or family traditions ↓ 🍊 How do you use your citrus fruits beyond the juice? 🍋 Do you have creative ways to use the peels, pulp, or even seeds? ♻️ Have you discovered uses for citrus in cooking, cleaning, beauty, gardening, or something totally unexpected? 🌍 What’s your favorite zero-waste citrus tip? Let’s gather a world of inspiration together — share your wisdom below! 👇 Can’t wait to read your ideas! #CommunityWisdom #CitrusSeason #ZeroWaste #SustainableLiving #ShareAndLearn