Why are we here?

Do I expect everyone to like or agree with me?

Do I expect everyone here to like or agree with each other?

I can't make everyone happy and I'm breaking my back to try anyway.

We're trying hard as a community too, because why else would we be here? Why would you join a Sustainable Living group if at the core you didn't think there's hope? What is there to sustain if we are all doomed regardless? Hope has to be it. We believe in our future, or we at least believe we can maintain what we have left and improve our well being at the same time. We believe in being contributors, not competitors. We want to stop fighting.

And I see us struggle. We all see it. But how do we react to that? Do we lose hope or see that this is exactly why we are here? Do we expect our problems to be solved just because we all enter a room called "Solutions" ?

I see people come and go sometimes because they see a few negative comments, or they themselves have a bad experience interacting with another group member.

We've come a long way, let's not forget. We're growing a new kind of movement together. How many of us see its potential? Do we trust that this potential exists here? Can we trust ourselves to not give up?

I want to write forever but I'll go nowhere if nobody is listening. I want to see society do better all around.

I want to build and be creative and explore all that there is to enjoy in life and be healthy to live long enough to do it while I'm here.

But it seems at every corner there's life trying to stop you. Trying to weaken you. Make you feel insignificant and powerless. Life is telling you, after you just spilled your soul all over it, "Too long, didn't read." And then maybe kicks you while you're down trying to salvage what didn't drain through one ear and out the other into the forever abyss of nobody's cares.

We are then content with what we get and stop trying to take what we know is ours. We are taught it's not humble. Or we are taught it's suspicious. Perhaps this guy is a snake. Well there are snakes, no doubt. I've been bitten twice. Nature is mean. Yea we get it.

So let's stick together. Beyond disagreements, beyond drama, beyond politics and religion, beyond it all we are all One. We want the same thing. Let's be be here for that, because there is nowhere else.

Let's make sure that peace of mind can be found here. We are a friendly group, and we want it to continue to be that way.

You know our admin team is standing by, from all over the world, to help moderate any issues.

I'm not being paid to say this. I'm not an influencer with millions of fans. I'm not a puppet on a string. I'm just me and I'm here for this.