I need your help! I have 48 hours to get 250 votes for the Barefoot Barn to be eligible for a small business grant of up to $250,000!
If you have gotten any little gem from this blog or from the work of the Barefoot Barn, would you please to go to www.missionsmallbusiness.com, search for “the barefoot barn” and cast your vote???
It is really simple, no gimmicks, and won’t take more than 30 seconds.
www.barefootbarn.com
My mission is to continue to offer mindfulness-based and body-based psychotherapy, mindfulness coaching, and retreats and workshops that inspire delight, compassion, and connection. AND to add more!Â
Compassionate parenting “e-courses” so parents can learn mindfulness practices on their own time and in their own home but still be connected to a community online.Â
Compassionate communication courses for couples.Â
Community events that can inspire our neighbors to live with more delight, to offer kindness to others in everyday ways, and to deepen a sense of connection with each other!Â
More retreats and workshops with yoga, mindfulness, and compassion practices!Â
Hiring practitioners to TEACH mindfulness courses — to parenting groups, to any group, to school administrators, and in the schools. Â
And…here’s the BIG dream…BUILD THE BARN! For many years now, it has been a dream of ours to build an ACTUAL barn where folks can come for retreat and renewal, for gathering and connecting, and for inspiration to go back to their daily lives and share what delights their hearts.
This is the vision, prayer, hope, and plan of the Barefoot Barn. Would you vote for us????
And if you are inspired and your heart is moved to do so, share this link with your dear ones and ask them to vote.
Thank you, dear ones! I’ll keep everyone posted!
There! Done. Voted for you – easy as pie. Now you need about 150 more! Come on people! I would come visit your barn-retreat. What an awesome idea! Actually I shall put that in the present term and state that I will come visit your retreat, because even if you do not get this grant, this year, that barn of yours is still coming! I believe in you and the vision you all hold. And with my brother-in-law in Baltimore, what a great excuse for a visit to Maryland and to see you as well!
Hugs, Gina
Gina, you are a GEM! And yes, that is exactly it — we’ve always believed — from the first moment I uttered the words “let’s build a barn!” til now — that how ever the barn is to be and look (physically or in our hearts) is how it will be! Already the barefoot barn has taken many twists and turns that I could never have imagined. It represents what we hold to be true — that compassion, delight, and community heal us. So there you go. WE are the barn, wherever and how ever the barn is! Thank you, Gina, for your support!
I voted! 🙂
Dani! I’m so grateful! We shall see! We have 68 more votes to go. That’s a lot but I’m pretty much one who surrenders to ‘what is’, knowing that the divine is always always up to good stuff! many blessings to you, Lisa
Love yhis site…voted! ~<3~
Ahhh, Anni, thank you!!! In this moment I am writing to you, we have 68 votes to go and 9 hours left! I think we can do it. We shall see! Thank you for your vote and most importantly, thank you for connecting. I look forward to hearing more from you.
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Lisa and her family and friends are holding an amazing vision that I encourage everyone to help her reach! She is going to build a barn “where folks can come for retreat and renewal, for gathering and connecting, and for inspiration to go back to their daily lives and share what delights their hearts” and it will be an incredible place. A place safe and cozy enough to go barefoot if you want to. Let’s help her build it soon. Please read and please vote!