▪️ What next?

🌱At the beggining we planted a symbolic calendula seed. Some grew physically and all grew internally and metaphorically. Everyone here has fertilized their own internal soil, watered, planted and harvested as they need. We are ready to cook the next meal in this continuing cycle of life itself.

🔷In the past month we cultivated many parts of ourselves as well as the land, the hope and the community. Structures were built, the space was cleared, things were moved, memories were made, many learnings took place and so many stories unfolded. A month turned out to be less time than we expected.

🌊We are leaving Hopeland with a basket full of life skills; both for physical work, for mental well-being and for emotional resilience. We leave with lightness, rootedness, readiness and hearts full of vision for our futures after our volunteering journey.

💙Gratitude to all the mental, emotional and physical energy put into creating Hopeland, creating community and creating hope for Earth. We are leaving behind the joy of celebrating life; in our own unique ways..

🍃What next? Up to us all to create 🙂

🇪🇺 Eyes Wide Open is a European Solidarity Corps programme supported by the Education & Culture Executive Agency, and co-funded by the European Union.