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I am a flower that blooms profusely in the fertile loam of other's energy, creativity, and love.
~j.cb '07

Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
~Marcel Proust

Time spent in Nature can greatly reduce tensions on both global and individual levels. When we take time to renew our bonds with Nature, we share a universal rootedness that benefits all things.
~j.cb '07
   

GET
OFF
YOUR
GRASS
AND
GARDEN!
(unless you're a lady bug!)


Gardening in Nature  ~ j. christina brittain




 

 

  1. Being blessed with happiness is not an accident; it is a deliberate choice. The most memorable, rewarding days in my garden are ones that begin when I greet each task with curiosity and joy.

  2. The best things in life usually require me to get dirty. Every spring, when my horticulture / cultivating sense draws me to my garden's fertile ground, I begin to dig. And when the work gets a little messy, I remind myself that all things worthwhile demand a fair amount of toil.

  3. Grass is not always greener because man makes it so. Some grass is greener because it just makes the best of what's already there. So maybe it's good to sometimes take a break from striving, and just appreciate what I already am.

  4. All things seek and need harmony and balance for optimum health. I try to fill my gardens with a wise mix of things: some that feed my body, some that feed my emotions, and others that feed my soul.

  5. All life thrives in optimal conditions achieved only by discovering what those conditions are. Gardening quiets my mind's incessant chatter, and blesses me with insightful moments that reveal what I genuinely need to enhance wellness and joy in my life.

  6. Enduring the awful creates the beautiful. Gardening shows me that the smelliest manure can produce the lushest, plushest, healthiest plants, which reminds me that overcoming challenges is almost always a prerequisite of success.

  7. Stress tells me to take a bit more care. Just as strong winds, battering rains, and freezing temperatures make plants more determined to survive, adversity increases my capacity for adhering to my goal of being a better person.

  8. Weeds are not bad; they jsut reflect my personal biases of what is right and wrong. My distain for weeds reminds me to re-assess behaviors of those people who rankle my nerves because their most irritating characteristics are usually the very things I need to improve about myself.

  9. Personal efforts, like seeds, grow best when planted in harmony with time and place. Just because I plant a seed and it fails to thrive doesn't make it a bad seed. Sometimes, external conditions stifle even the most vigorous growers, which encourages me to make adjustments, and try, try again.

  10. Moving the focus from details to the whole. I must continually remember that my garden's overall beauty is greater than its few imperfections. And take time to appreciate the grandness of my life rather than dwelling on things that are momentarily wrong.

  11. The best things in life often happen by mistake. The unexpected fun of a beautiful clumps of wild sunflowers planted by industrious chipmunks reminds me to simply let life happen sometimes, and rejoice in events that spring forth with unabashed joy.

  12. More to come as my gardens reveal more of their wisdom to me.

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