stretching ~ warming up, getting in tune, that's what needs to happen.......
s t r e t c h i n g..........pull out the tightness, the cramps, the burning
back and get back to the garden for more.
This time breathe. Take time not to attack the garden but rather to move with it.
Jumping from one task to another is not flow. It is raggged lurching.
Do I really think the weeds will go away if I attack? If only.
Perhaps I can make friends with the garden (and the weeds) with intentional effort, with an attitude of enjoyment, not accomplishment. Gardening calls for tuning my mind to conscious breathing, in and out, in and out. One stretch, one decided movement at a time takes me around the garden with peaceful pleasure. I experience the garden. I notice nature creating its' magnificient display right here in my backyard, one stretch at a time.
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author, illustrator of
Create the Space you Deserve
pub. date: July 2008
