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Happiness – The Gardening of the Soul Your
Happiness – The Gardening of the Soul Your biggest concern becomes, finding the critter responsible for eating the leaves of your tomato plant. Getting lost in ?bug hunting? takes you back to earlier days when you were completely in touch with your real life. We lose our I-ness, and unconsciously integrate into the flow of the universe. Every movement brings with it an ache that reminds you of your gardening accomplishments and you feel good as you relive your experience communing with the spirit of your garden. You get in touch with the soil and plants, and most importantly, your own thoughts. You quickly become part of the soil and plants. All your stresses melt away, and you lose yourself in the quietude of the experience. With a larger garden, there is even greater involvement. There is nothing like filling a pot with soil, and patting it down with your hands. (When was the last time you got so carried away?) Suddenly you?ll completely lose awareness of your problems with family, work, or the economy. They work because there is a certain something within us?our internal wiring?that responds to these actions. You cannot help but put something of yourself into the soil, the plants and the environment. Providing it?s not overly strenuous, quietly tending a garden can create an enormous sense of tranquility. Is it [...]
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