I sat quietly on my patio tonight. To my immediate left was a small terracotta
pot that I planted a tiny deep purple daisy bush in many months ago. The poor plant barely made it through the
winter and was looking so frail and lifeless.
I spent a lot of time with that plant over the past few months just
sending my appreciation for it’s beauty.
I watched it come back from the brink of death and it began to bloom
again. Not satisfied, I continued to
spend more time in the evenings sitting next to it, sending it love and all of
the blissful thoughts and energy I could muster. I noticed tonight that the purple color of each of the flowers
has deepened. It’s also so full of life
and blooms that you cannot see the little pot it’s planted in at all. I was captivated by just how beautiful it was and I gently stroked a few petals here and there. I suddenly wanted to meditate and did for a
few moments. I felt so much peace and
the amazing thing is that peace seemed to emanate much stronger on my left side than
my right. Even more amazing was that I
suddenly felt my left arm tingle as if one of the flowers was stroking my
arm. Okay, I know it’s a stretch but it
was a beautiful thought just sitting there deeply entranced in shear
appreciation and then feeling it come back to me.
I wonder about the application of this very simple concept. If we spend a lot of time nurturing
ourselves, others, situations and whatever else is our focus, if we send love
and expect nothing in return, if we gave just for the joy of giving and felt nothing but gratitude just for the opportunity to give and to witness transformation…what
might we discover in this world in terms of our power to consciously
create? Hmmm, for now I’m sticking with
plants. I’ve got a little ficus tree
that isn’t looking very happy. I’m going
to move it over to my flower garden next to the beautiful purple daisies. That plant is so filled with love I’m just
certain we can bring the little tree back to life too. I love it when I feel a deep appreciation for
anything in nature and then it responds with a glorious display of color, light
or even simple peace. ~sigh~ I love this
world. I just love it so much. I don’t care if it’s hard. I don’t care if the lessons sometimes make me
cry. I don’t care if sometimes it feels
like I’m on my own with not another soul in sight who understands me and my crazy mental meanderings. I laugh at these thoughts realizing they are just an illusion. The truth is that my feelings only stem from
thoughts that I create and allow to exist.
So, I think that I shall acknowledge the challenging thoughts and thank
them for showing me such beautiful contrast to joy and peace and I will do the
same for pain, emptiness or that feeling of alone. These are more beautiful things to teach me
in contrast to look higher or deeper for the truth. Love is such a powerful tool and gratitude
the beginnings of love at it’s core is just, well, amazing.
Find something wonderful to love and if its not wonderful,
make it so and love with all your heart.
Experiment with this feeling and notice just how truly powerful the
emotion is in terms of creation in this beautiful world. Your results, no doubt, will be pleasing,
amazing and undeniable joyful! Be
blessed dear souls. I’m off to go sit in
my garden some more and contemplate the beauty of the color purple!
(c) 5/2012 photo/words Jaie Hart
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