Why do we garden?

Remember back during COVID, how there was a tremendous surge of people getting into gardening, cooking and baking? Yes, when we had to stay home, that prompted people to take up new hobbies. Many took on home repair or remodeling projects.

From the earliest times, we had to learn which plants were good to eat, which ones helped with healing, and then nurture these things where we lived. Not just farmers growing huge crops, but home gardeners. Once we settled down from our nomadic life, we wanted to have these foods and medicines available all the time. Flowers are needed for their beauty. Plants, trees, flowers, shrubs all contribute to a sense of home.

Now, as well as then, our sense of finding peace in nature as we plant seeds and watch them grow. From stem to leaf to flower to fruit, and see how the mood of the garden changes with the weather. And we observe how a little seed becomes a big plant. Watch how they respond to watering, sun and shade.

Our lives are like that too. We plant by the moon cycles, so we are feeling the energies of nature. We pay attention to companion plants. We find ways to get people to work together. Synergy gets better results.

Gardening is one activity that is universally practiced. It is the most popular hobby in the world. Why is that?

Because we enjoy working with life energies, finding joy and peace of mind from such a simple thing as planting and growing. We learn something every season. So we adjust as we see what works best.

From an edible perspective, growing food could help with a family food budget, but also the satisfaction of eating some vegetable or fruit they grew. And what better way to teach kids lessons about where their food comes from?

While we were planting, a hawk sat in the tree above, watching. We notice things like bird calls and songs. We keep binoculars near the garden so that we can get closer looks at them. The bird bath is clean and full. And the bee houses we put up have helped draw mason bees to pollinate our garden.

Take time to enjoy simple things and feel how peaceful and grounded you can get just sitting by the plants, enjoying their beauty, their fragrance, their touch, and notice how often you get prompts from spirit when you are doing this? Notice how new ideas pop into your head when you are simply being present with your plants. Aligning our energies with the energies of nature.

 

How do you feel?

All of the big changes we are going through right now are bringing us back to paying more attention to how we feel, now just how we think. After going through phases of life where we put thoughts first and feelings second, many of us discovered that we were losing our grip in significant ways.

Today, young people are entering into their careers choosing new paths because they are more conscious of the specter of AI wiping out some career fields.

When we choose careers that need a personal touch like massage, energy healing, yoga, tai chi, hair styling, aesthetics, nursing, medicine, physical rehab, science, engineering, and being a chef, for example, are jobs that AI will not be taking over. People who were not thinking of those careers in the past are changing their minds.

And the trades, like being an electrician, plumber, carpenter, welder, heating & air, tile setting, masonry, roofing, mechanics not only won't be replaced by AI. These are the skills that will build all those computer centers and energy centers.

It has always been best for any of us to do work we enjoy doing, rather than doing something we don't like simply to get a paycheck.

True, many of us have done jobs just to keep the cash flow happening while we were getting our own businesses off the ground and making solid progress. However, as soon as it was possible to leave the day job of side job behind so that we can devote our full attention to our real focus, we do that.

The plus side of AI and the Internet is that we can use it to develop other streams of income while we have our primary focus, and selling a product or service online can replace those side jobs. Example: Many people are selling on Etsy, Kickstarter, Ebay, Marketplace, Amazon, You Tube and Patreon at the same time as they are working on something else. There are probably a lot of other sites and methods that I do not know about, and that's why I didn't mention them.

We all have a gut instinct, which is our spirit guides helping to make our best choices by giving us a yes or no gut feeling. Our gut feeling can process our thoughts faster than the conscious mind. Recall decisions you have made and notice how often when you had a good feeling about a person or situation, it worked out well, and when you had a bad feeling, it did not work out well. Reviewing your own past choices will demonstrate to you how often your feelings led you in the right direction.

Notice how you might be offered an opportunity to make more money, but if you don't really want that job, and you take it out of fear, you will regret it.

Many people have found that being successful can have too high a cost, if that means that your personal relationships are failing because you are always working.

There is a satisfaction from a job well done, from being in a business you love, and the changes in the labor market plus new technology, and we savor that. When you get compliments on your work, it means a lot. It is part of your compensation when clients and peers thank you for doing such good work.

One of the other big distractions these days are all the social media swamping us constantly with bits of information that may or may not be true and may simply fill us with fear of we keep paying consuming that.

Let them is one of those slogans that many have picked up on. Don't worry about what other people think. Do what you need to do, make choices that are right for you. Worrying about what others think often stops some people from moving forward with their ideas. When we give up trying to control everything, we have more energy to focus on your own happiness and personal power. Yes, that is the name of a popular book by Mel Robbins, but certainly the concept has been around for eons. It is a popular idea now because more people are coming to realize how important it is.

Whenever we hear yourself saying "I better take this because I might not get a better offer," we are choosing from fear. Far better to be able to say "I would love to do that. I would love to be in that business. I would love to work with that person." now that is the feeling of being in the right place.

Be optimistic. It is human nature for people to help other people. So ask when you need help. Don't be shy. If you a reluctant, breaking out of that shyness can open up with a single question that will change your life. How do you feel about your options now?