Talley's To Texas

"Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be the miracle."
~Phillips Brooks

I thought this quote was PERFECT for our current situation with our move. I awoke this morning still realizing I hadn't posted our move on our blog yet. We are moving within the next week to a VERY small town of about 20,000 called Marshall, Texas. Some of my family, like my parents and a couple of sisters, live in Tyler, Texas which is an hour away from Marshall.

It all started about four years ago with a medicine man friend of ours whom we discussed purchasing some land with and building straw bale home. We were considering at the time doing some kind of retreat. This was down in San Pete County but, for good reason, this did not come to fruition at that time.

Ever since then though, we have contemplated and discussed and talked about ways to become more self reliant. We have REALLY wanted to purchase a chunk of land and settle on it with the intent of doing all we can to really get "off the grip" so to speak and make leap from COMPLETE consumers to avid producers. Truly making LARGE efforts to work with Mother Earth to grow our own food with a garden and an orchard and then help heal her by creating a permaculture environment by building a super adobe or earth bag home. We plan on utilizing all our efforts by using recycling materials, creating a rain water catchment system, composting toilet, solar and wind and even bio gas technology for any of our gas and electrical needs.

About 6 months to a year ago or so, the idea came about of an intentional community with some friends....again maybe in San Pete County. We talked about it and contemplated the idea with lots of thoughts and prayers. We went and looked at land but nothing really ever felt EXACTLY right for us.

Then, about 2 months ago, I had a dream. I won't go into detail here about the dream but I have had it one more time since then. I had it again soon after my car accident. The basic idea of the dream was that we could choose our path for the next few years of our lives. The dream was showing me the outcome of some of the choices we were currently making. I saw so clearly how we could choose to live ABUNDANTLY my following some of the teachings in the dream.

Next....we went out to California for our AMAZING trip of conscious clarity and wisdom. On the last day of the workshop, we were doing a process which when I first saw it, I thought was going to be STUPID but, of course, as I am in the middle of the process myself....I see how CLEAR I am (unlike ever before) and EXACTLY what I want right now with my life. What I want is what my dream had shown me we needed to do. I'm crying, moving TONS of energy and really just in this space where I am ABSOLUTELY ready for this dream to come true.

Ok, then the car accident. I already wrote about that. But the accident DEFINITELY plays into the creation of this dream. We were taught at our workshop how VITAL spiraling plays into our moving energy and total health. In the accident we spiraled...spiralling can create a vortex....vortexes can create a place of a new dimension. I won't into more detail about that. It's a bit sacred to me right now as it is so close to home but for those of you who are more open minded....you can put two and two together.

We get home. I have to call my mom to come and help since I can't even nurse my baby. She comes and while she's here, we go down to look at more land. We asks me why we are doing this. I begin to tell her our dream and what we have really wanted for so long. She looks at me and says..."You realize your dad has 25 acres of land in Marshall. It's just sitting there. He's been wanting to plant an orchard on it for a long time. I'm sure he would let you live on it for free. Maybe even take care of an orchard for him." You can imagine what my face looks like, at this point.

The next week we are on a plane to Texas to go and look at the land. BEAUTIFUL! Tons of trees, a little stream. We ABSOLUTELY feel it is the right move for us to make. We are COMPLETELY freaked and scared but SO SO SO EXCITED too!! We can't BELIEVE we are leaving our dear community for such good friends and healers and helpers and loved ones. I have cried everyday for the last 6 weeks. Sometimes the heartache of good bye feels UNBEARABLE!!

We would NEVER even consider this move if we didn't feel so many things had led us to this point. Honestly, ever since we decided....the universe has stepped in and made it almost too easy. Not that we're not stressed out of our heads but that it is OBVIOUS things are coming together SIMPLY and SMOOTHLY so we can see that this is the change we need to make right now in our lives.

Just so you know, we really know NOTHING about anything we are about to do. I'm so we have NO IDEA how much work this is going to be. Hopefully, that's a good thing or else I question we would make this leap. We have been researching none stop since the decision was made. If there are any of you out there who have ANY ideas or thoughts or understandings on ANY of the subjects I have stated....please feel free to email me and I would be SO APPRECIATE of any insights. I have found just talking to people who know more has made a WORLD of DIFFERENCE. Oh....and You Tube has become my best friend. Wow! What a great invention is that.

We will be creating a blog/website and keep posting what we are trying to do. I will send that along when we get it up and going. My husband came up with the GREATEST name for it. I'm SO ANXIOUS to share that with everyone too!

I LOVE YOU ALL! Can I just say we know the most AMAZING, GIFTED, INSPIRED, LOVING people....in the world!! So many people have come out of the wood work since we made this decision. HOLY COW! We have been OVERWHELMED by all the LOVE! I don't even have words to express our gratitude. Tears come to my eyes every time I think about it. THANK YOU, my dear friends. Thank you for caring so much. Thank you for being present with us during our time of need. Thank you for reaching inside your hearts and being so giving. Thank you for being who you are and being the example of true unconditional LOVE!

There it is. I will write more soon. We will keep you posted when we move and such.

Abundant peace to all,

Rachel