Hello everyone.
I am coming to you
from a place of peace and joy
and elation this morning.
I am really excited to say that
I am returning to You Tube.
Many of you have, I am sure, noticed
that I have not been here a lot on You Tube
over the last year,
or potentially even longer.
There has been a lot of videos featuring
activists and organizations and people
making a very positive impact in society,
and doing their part to be the change
they wish to see
and make a meaningful difference
in their communities in the world,
but there has not been a lot of me on this channel.
I know that some of you have been asking,
"Where is Rob?"
Well I am here now.
I am really excited to be here with you
every week sharing videos.
I wanted to share just a little bit of
my journey lately.
Over the last couple years I have honestly
been just a bit overwhelmed
just trying to do more than I could
actually do a lot of the time.
I always had this desire to be here
with you sharing videos
that really help you to be the change
that you wish to see
to be coming to the world
from a place of peace
and making positive change in the world
to shift things in a more regenerative
and equitable and just way.
That is exactly what I have been doing
the last couple years.
But the reality is,
I have just taken on a little bit too much.
And have not been able to be present here with you.
Over the last month
I have been taking some days of silence
some time alone in the woods.
I have consistently been asking
the simple question of
"How do I be of best service to earth,
humanity, and all our plant and animal relatives?"
It has come very clearly to me,
that what I need to do is to simplify,
to downsize,
something that many of you know me for, already.
Yes, I still have more simplifying
and downsizing to do.
What I am really being called to
is going back to the roots.
Going back to the basics
of what may have brought you
to this channel in the first place.
For me, that is myself being free,
coming from a place of presence,
of deep presence, to be able to share
a lot of the the illusions that we are living
and showing how we can break free,
and break free to live in a way
that is harmonious with this earth,
with our plant and animal relatives,
and with ourselves.
It has been a beautiful transition
over the last couple years.
But the last few months
of breaking free myself.
I have felt some of the deepest presence
over the last couple weeks
that I have felt in quite some time.
I know that one of the things that
I need to do, one of the basic things,
is sharing messages by writing,
by speaking, and this is speaking to you
through the internet here,
through You Tube.
Also speaking in person,
to people on the streets,
in the gardens together.
But a big part of that is by sharing
this space with you here.
I would love to hear what is it
that you would love to see me
doing here on You Tube.
What would you like to learn about?
What inspiration would you like to gain?
What topics would you like to see me cover?
What would you like to see me doing?
I know that I want to be sharing,
of course, what I have been,
a lot in the field of sustainability.
How do we live on this earth in a way
that is in harmony with this earth.
A lot of that comes through food.
Growing food, gardening, foraging,
simple living, minimalism,
living in alternative dwellings
like tiny houses.
I know I want to be sharing these things.
I want to be sharing my personal connection,
how I go about life,
including being, when I say minimalism,
breaking free from the monetary system
and all of the destruction that is tied into that.
I will be here, at least once a week,
sharing with you inspiration, education,
insights from my experience
and life in the last decade of activism
and being the change that I wish to see.
I would love to hear what it is
that you would like me to be here
sharing in service to you.
If you have not already ,
an important thing to do,
would make sure to click the bell
to get notifications
so that when I do produce a video
and it is here, that you will know.
I am incredibly excited for what is to come.
I hope that you are excited as well.
I am really going to be coming
from a place of presence and peace
and groundedness and balance.
I hope to bring that into your life
in all that we do together.
I love you very much.
I will see you again very soon right here.
Rob Greenfield