#regeneration #watersheds #bioregioning #bioregions #poetry | Tijn Tjoelker

The Boundaries of Caring

Where does your care begin, and where does it end?

Caring flows like water through a watershed—starting as droplets on distant peaks,

gathering in rivulets and streams, pooling in the valleys of our attention.

Yet unlike water, caring doesn't always follow the path of least resistance.

We care deeply for what we touch daily:

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Headwater is a portal

Every river has a headwater, a watering hole somewhere high up.

A place where a water stream emerges onto the surface of the Earth.

Many ancient cultures have seen these places as sacred, places of healing and vision.

Where is your Headwater ?

Your own river collects itself like an underground cloud and starts dripping upwards, ... See more

“Water is versatile. It can be big and powerful, it can quench thirst, it can be healing, it can drown us. It finds its own level, always. That is, water is always seeking balance and has a place it has to go. It can be scarce, it is necessary. We’re utterly, devastatingly dependent on it. It’s beautiful and tragic and it feeds us sometimes. When w

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