The Thought Garden

                What a beautiful time of year, the spring, that reminds us of the renewal that exists in the world.  The fresh reminder is everywhere you look; the flowers in bloom, the bright colors, the children playing, the sunshine, and the investment of the garden or of the farm.  The spring reminds humanity of the ever-present need to pull nutrients from the Earth and sow new seeds for harvest.  That harvest varies among the gardener or the farmer, however whether it be fruit, vegetable or flowers the spring reminds us why we invest the time to plant, to sow.  The reason is because we create beautiful things for sustenance, admiration, and joy derived from the power that lies within us, the source, and the Earth.  In reverence of spring allow yourself the time to honor your youthfulness, your regrowth, and renewal as you read along.  I know you’ll find the investment worthwhile as you allow your mind to illustrate the following.  

                The careful grower stepped out into the warm breeze and with active regard as he walked over to the small plot of land that was his garden.  The long winter had done a great work on the garden and the mindful grower knew the lengths he would need to go to turn the damage around.  The winters always produced some investment in the spring, but nothing like this year.  The frigidity of this winter was going to require the diligent grower to pull from otherwise untouched resources.  As the trusting grower rolled up his sleeves and knelt to the ground he closed his eyes and imagined last year’s yield and took a deep breath in reminding himself of the rewarding feeling that manifested every time the red, green and purple bulbs appeared.  As he broke up the soil under his metal tool he sang to himself the song his mother sang to him as a child, “…this little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine…”     

                 After planting the very small seeds into the ground the mindful grower waited and watered reminding himself daily to trust the foundation and the source.  The careful grower knew that with time and tend he’d soon see the fruit of his investment in the budding of those bulbs.  As sure as the sun came out every morning the diligent grower sang to the garden, “…this little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine…”.  Similar to the investment that his mother made in him, he too made in that garden.  He knew the power of praise for a job well done and the man he had become was a reflection of this truth.

                Soon after the great source showered love and blessing upon the garden and the conscientious grower did a great work, the garden radiated such beauty that the entire neighborhood took notice.  The investment in love had paid off and the reflective grower knew he had achieved his goal.  Often times the cognitive work we invest in ourselves yields beauty within.  But it is our job to let our light shine to humanity, to share our brightness with others such that they understand they too are a part of the grandiose plan.  Tend to the internal works, sow bountiful truths within you, and honor you so that others may learn to honor themselves too.  Share in love of the beauty that exists in each of us that we derive directly from the source because what we have is NOW.  “Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine!”