I am constantly befriended by those who are into Permaculture, new or long interested, overwhelmed or intimated; waves of euphoric purpose not knowing where to channel. More and more concepts, ideas whirling into dizzying rejections — and our old comrade, fear.

I continually come across people proclaiming with shrugged shoulders "oh, I don’t know enough". That may be true, but for most these issues become paralysing. On the other end there are those who know too much and are paralysed by syntax and concept correction of the aforementioned delicates.

I will admit that in my emotive and fiery youth I almost collapsed into apathy analysing the complexity of world issues.

My solution? Building soils.

It was that easy. I read about how easy it was, how essential it was — so, well, if it was so easy and important, I’ll give it a shot. It was so easy and now so productive that it has infected so many around me. Those lost in the complexities of their worlds are giving it a go too.

But why is this so important?

We are awesome at complicating, rejecting and competing. The solutions are that simple.

The first time I built soil was one of the deepest experiences of my life. Not just because ‘soil is good’ but it completely shattered so much of my conditioning of feeling that I was unable or that the problems were too complex and impossible. It was a start to keep going and fired the courage to know I was able to make real positive change.

I’m not going to waste too much of your precious time here. I just wanted to remind you that you can do something extremely powerful that will not only transform your ground….

Find a spot… build some soil… and… keep going….

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED:
http://permaculture.org.au/2011/11/10/the-power-of-humus/