The ten empty spaces on the Eden Tree plaque represent each of the Ten Principles of the Eden Alternative. The intention of these spaces is to provide us with ten opportunities to celebrate ongoing success and growth on our Luana journey. Because the Eden Registry is an honor society, each home has the honorable duty to determine when it is time to affix a symbol of recognition to their tree plaque. Each time a new symbol is added it is another opportunity to recognize and celebrate the hard work of transformational change.
Once the whole community agrees that we have developed a level of mastery with one of the Eden Principles, we will select a symbol of recognition that speaks to what they have learned and affix it to that spot on the tree plaque. Then we should celebrate before moving on to the next Principle. There is no particular order to go in, our community decides what best fits the path they have chosen on our Eden journey.
When ten symbols have been earned we should take time to enjoy them. What an accomplishment! After a while, however, we must be willing to take them down and display them beside the tree plaque, dated as to when the hard work of earning them was done. Then we'll need to dig in again, and ask what is the next level of mastery we can accomplish with each of the Principles? It is a journey, not a destination. We will now have another ten reasons to grow and celebrate along the way!
Article from The Vine (an online newsletter for Registered Eden Homes),
March 2010
March 2010
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