You can visit a beautiful garden and say “Oh! I LOVE this garden”. You look around and see that the flowers are brightly colored and numerous. The grass appears extra green and the air is fresh. You hear the rustle of the leaves in the lush trees, and you say to yourself.. I really do love this garden. You pick a flower and place it in a vase at home and fondly remember the garden.

 Then there is the gardener. The gardener notices that the trees need pruning and patiently awaits the season that will be best for the tree to do so. The gardener starts seeds in the spring. So that the garden will be replenished. The gardener takes time to weed, to water to observe and attune themselves to the garden’s needs. The gardener LOVES the garden. If the gardener only loved the garden as the first visitor loved the garden, it would not bloom, it would become overgrown and neglected. The active love that the gardener provides allows it to thrive, and the garden becomes a place that is inarguably loveable to anyone who sees it. Love is action and observation. Love causes love to spread. Love allows for love.

My point is this. Love yourself.. by taking care of yourself. we cannot pour from an empty cup. If we are to love others it should begin with self. From here we can truely appreciate and understand the energies that it takes to love another, to love our world, to love. It is important to observe and attune to our own needs in order to experience our growth. 

We are pulled out of the comfort of what we know, and move into how we change and grow as people. Much like the garden, with our own seasons, that is demand new attunement. Our challenge is in rising to the occasion, facing the music, and trusting our heart.

Love; It is the truest thing that exists. It is what binds us together across time and place, across generations, across all realms. We are asked to be vulnrable and trust in this love, and allow our internal sun to rise and illuminate our way. 

Some ways of tending to our own inner garden are not so disimular to an actual garden. take out the weeds and prune away what no longer serves, and you will experience growth. Get plenty of water, sunshine and take time to sway in the breeze. 

be delightful out there.

Best,

Fran –