IF you think of your mind as a garden, what have you planted? You know what’s planted there by what’s growing!
If seeds of doubt are planted, life may seem uncertain. The harvest may include questions such as ‘Do I deserve to get what I want in life?’, or ‘Can I succeed?’ or ‘Will I ever be good enough?’ These seeds can be planted very early in life without our consent. However, once you find them they must be made into compost! If you find these weeds popping up, dig down to extricate the roots completely. As you remove each weed, remind yourself that you deserve a beautiful, productive, well-balanced garden.
If you find that your ‘garden’ is overcrowded and little grows well, you may need to transplant some items to your nursery bed and save them for another season. What are the most important ‘crops’ right now? Perhaps you have small children who need attention. You may have to save the ‘I should write a book’ seeds for another time.
If a plant has completely overshadowed the entire garden, it may need pruning. This sometimes happens when that one plant is receiving all the nutrients, time and attention. Others cannot flourish unless they were planted because they prefer shade. Are there some seeds in your garden that cannot grow because they need more light? You may have to prune that one big tree! Yes, you likely can make a great case for keeping it. Of course you can because that’s where you have been putting so much fertilizer for so long and you just know you were doing the right thing. What’s shriveling from the lack of the sunlight of your attention? Prune!
Your life, just like your garden, is never balanced but always balancing.
Be a master gardener!
