Do I choose the settlement, or does it choose me? 02.03.2025 20:44:33

Recently, we welcomed a new resident to the settlement – Mezhdureche is growing! It's pleasant to see how history is being made before our eyes, even if it’s small, even if it's just the history of a settlement, but it is already History. Someday, many years from now, we will tell this story to our grandchildren, or maybe even our great-grandchildren. When all the plots are taken, and instead of the once plowed field, there will be a wonderful mosaic of blooming gardens, cozy houses, flower beds and front yards, ponds, little forests, and groves – everything that makes up a person's Kin Domain.



Meanwhile, some are searching for their land, some are just beginning to think about it, or the thought is about to come. So, does a person choose the place, or does the place choose them? It seems strange to say that 'the place chooses.' But why is it that among the different people who come to Mezhdureche, some become its residents, while others, after visiting or staying for a short time, continue on their way? Of course, we can choose with both our mind and heart, and we are even sure that the choice is ours, but what if that’s not entirely the case?



And it's not even about the fact that, in order to join our settlement, one must get to know the neighbors, participate in communal activities, and go through a vote. The point is that, even after joining and living here for some time, a person's life somehow unfolds in such a way that they leave. Circumstances, reasons, weather and political conditions, social changes – we tend to think of these as external factors, and of course, we react to them. And by reacting to these circumstances, we sometimes even make the decision to leave.



What if the place is like a note or a radio wave, and it resonates (or as it is commonly said now, 'vibrates') with its own tone, operating on its own frequency? And each new resident harmonizes with it. For those for whom this resonance is natural, for whom this is the sound they were born with or gradually developed throughout their life, they stay forever. But another person, who only temporarily tuned in to the wave, eventually leaves. They search for another place, another community, another path that resonates with them, so they can once again harmonize with the space around them.



How wonderful it is that we are all different! That for each person there is their place, their land, their Homeland, both big and small. And we all resonate! The task is simple – just to listen! So, if you are searching for your land, if the thought of living in a settlement has already crossed your mind, come to Mezhdureche! Visit and listen. And maybe Mezhdureche will choose you?



Natalya Nazarova

MEZhDUREChE: Kin Domain Settlement
https://vk.com/dve_reki
Oryol region

#ringingcedars #gardening #Megre #VMegre #RingingCedarsofRussia