As I have every day this week I did a Facebook live at 0730 BST to start the day, and then traveled over to Edinburgh's Royal Botanic Garden to see what I could find to support the day's theme and any other Landscaping Your Life snippets!
One of the features of the newly published LYL ezine is how to attract bees into your garden and then applying that insight to having a buzzing life.
I'll share the 7 keys here. To really explore them in more detail I'd highly recommend signing up for the ezine.
Having multiple sources of buzz
Knowing what makes you buzz
Attracting the buzz
Buzzing all year around
Buzzing in the wildness and chaos
Feeding and watering the buzz
Maintenance of the buzz
Additional insight from my walk around the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh included:
Don't panic - just be you. let everyone know what you stand for and they'll find you
An unexpected self esteem lesson from a rhododendron
And finally an additional insight for when you can't see the wood for the trees. You'll find many more on my posts over the last year but check this post out first.
What did you notice as you read and watched - what action are you being nudged to take?
Landscaping Your Life is just one of the tools I use in behavoural skills coaching and training helping individuals and teams to tap into their inner wisdom to achieve their goals. Do get in touch if you'd like to understand more about how I can help you, or your team alison@landscapingyourlife.co.uk Alison Smith Landscaping Your Life to get back on track Using nature as our coach, nature's landscapes as metaphors for our lives.
You can sign up for the Landscaping Your Life ezine here, or find out a little more about it here.
And as one of the additional insights from 6 hours of driving to get to 'climb' a mountain yesterday was,
Don't make life so blinkin' difficult!
I realised I didn't need to find time to travel today as I had some thyme on my doorstep - as you'll see on the Facebook Live I did at 0730 BST this morning.
Managing time is something I know many of us grapple with.
Whether that grappling is about how to fit more into our day, or how to manage our
emails. It’s why today I’m going to explore the similarities between managing
Thyme and managing time ;-).
When growing thyme we accept that there’s a sequence of
events that happens from seed selection and purchase, via pot preparation, seed
sowing, watering, warmth, germinating, more watering, growing, planting out, sunshine,
watering, growing, sunshine, watering, pruning, weeding, sunshine, and finally
harvesting. A sequence where there will be limited success if key activities
are bypassed, or we’re certainly not going try to do all the watering at the
same time either – little and often is key.
When sowing thyme seeds we understand not every seed will
germinate, and even for those that do not every seed will flourish. Further
more, some seedlings may need to be pricked out to allow others to flourish
without fear of being strangled as there’s only space for so many plants. In
other words, to have a beautiful crop of thyme we don’t put the same care and
attention into every seed. We nurture and pay attention to those that are
showing signs of growth and potential, leaving those that aren’t in the soil.
We also know to focus on one activity until we’re done. No jumping
from weeding one plant, opening our thyme seed packet, composting some leaves,
digging a hole for a tree, mowing half the lawn, getting the pots ready for us
to scatter our seeds into, planting the tree and then scattering the seeds. If
we did we might find the seeds have scattered themselves in the process, and I
can just imagine the state of the garden, shed, greenhouse and ourselves with
all the jobs half done and variety of tools left mid activity scattering themselves
like seeds across the ground – as health hazards and, if left for too long, getting
rusty in the process. (See In the potting shed in the LYL ezine for more on tool maintenance.)
Timing is key too – what ever season the seeds arrive
there’s a time to sow the seeds that will yield a better crop. You’re certainly
not going to try to sow seeds individually every moment of every day throughout
the year allowing that activity to get in the way of other activities such a
planning, weeding, feeding, composting and sowing other crops. Even if the head
gardener sent the seeds you still wouldn’t sow them until the conditions were
just right. Something the head gardener would understand and expect too.
As the seedlings develop they require care and attention – planting
out, watering, weeding, feeding and even pruning as they grow. There’s a level
of proaction and planning needed to get this right. You certainly don’t wait
till you remember to water them, nor till you’ve got the time to water them.Instead you plan time daily to check them.
You may also check the weather forecast and plan to plant the seedlings out
into the ground when the conditions are favourable rather than on a cold, wet
and windy day.
Which results in the following 10 keys to thyme management
Which of these can you focus on today to support effective time management?
Landscaping Your Life is just one of the tools I use in behavoural skills coaching and training helping individuals and teams to tap into their inner wisdom to achieve their goals. Do get in touch if you'd like to understand more about how I can help you, or your team alison@landscapingyourlife.co.uk
Alison Smith Landscaping Your Life to get back on track Using nature as our coach, nature's landscapes as metaphors for our lives.
You can sign up for the Landscaping Your Life ezine here, or find out a little more about it here.
I suspect like many people the mountains I climb will
continue to be metaphorical (until a new knee has arrives anyway), and in this
article I’m going to explore what we can learn from those who do climb
mountains that can be applied to the every day mountains in our lives.
Setting goals
Very rarely do we hear of people climbing mountains they
hadn’t intended to. A hill possibly, but a mountain requires that a goal be set
so that appropriate planning and preparation takes place. Not least, that on
the day in question we’re starting off from the bottom of the correct mountain.
No laissez faire going with the flow “let’s see what
happens”. Which is certainly easy to do in our lives, despite that often
precluding us scaling those larger mountains of our full potential.
Preparation
No mountaineer or climber set off without preparation.
Preparation that might include – researching what others
have done, developing a plan, doing a reconnaissance, assessing current skills
versus those needed to succeed, practicing and training, buying the gear
needed, gathering a team together and developing trust of those you’re going to
be doing it with, forecasting for when the conditions would be most favourable
to succeed, and so on.
Preparation not only improves the likelihood of success but
also reduces the risk of injury or even worse.
(The Garden Design - preparing the site article in the LYL ezine will help with preparation)
Motivation
One common feature on the programmes I watched was how close
they came to giving up.
Not giving up before they started, once they’d set out. More
often than not because the climb was harder than even they could imagine.
Unless they could tap into why they were doing it they’d have given up. Instead
the motivation meant they gritted their teeth, dug deep and kept on going one
step or hand hold at a time.
Lack of motivation is certain why many of us fail to achieve
our goals – because the expected pleasure and success is not big enough to counter
the pain felt to get there. It’s as if at the first hurdle we turn round
forgetting why we wanted to get there in the first place.
(The Buzzing with Life article in the LYL ezine will help with motivation)
Taking action
“Momentum is your friend” said Steve Backshall
That is, once preparation is complete; the team has been
chosen and conditions are right, there’s no more holding back, no time for
procrastination. Just one step at a time headed for a goal you know why you
want to achieve.
Route
Part of planning will include deciding on the best route to
get to the summit. On the day, however, diversions may be required. It’s where
preparation and training kick in, providing us with the know how and confidence
to take an alternate route to get around the roadblock ahead.
Celebrate
Once you’ve climbed the mountain and have a 360 panoramic
view from the summit it’s time to celebrate. Whilst on the programmes I watched
celebration involved tears and hugs that’s not a necessity – simply some time
to celebrate and reflect on the achievement.
Which is where the article in the LYL ezine finished.
As part of the Landscaping Your Life launch this week I've scheduled to visit a number of landscapes to share the process in the moment.
With arthritic knees climbing mountains is harder to achieve but where there's a will, and so we headed for Fort William and the Nevis Range, and took a Gondola to 650m and then walked a another 20 minutes to the Sgurr Finnisg-Aig 663m viewpoint.
Whilst up there I did a FaceBook live - which was a little blowy where I started to share some of the insights which included:
Aim higher
We'd thought we'd go to Glencoe but due to bad weather, and a realisation is wasn't that much further we drove past and ended up at Aonach Mor. This mountain had the potential to climb higher, see further and more easily ie to get up Glencoe would have been by open ski lift, and as the weather closed in not a wonderful experience. On Aonach Mor, over looking Ben Nevis, we traveled up in the comfort of a gondola.
Isn't that the case in life - we aim for what we think will be easier, and yet aiming higher could turn out to be easier in the long run!!
The outlook depends on which direction you're looking
To me, focusing on one of these directions makes the situation look very grey and dismal, another direction looks like hard work and no play, and the other much more inviting and motivating.
If I want to climb a mountain in future I know what direction I need to focus on to keep me motivated.
That said, you can't look out at the beautiful view as you walk - it can only act as a motivation and goal to get to the summit. Don't chase your shadow, or allow it to chase you
As I walked I caught sight of my shadow on the ground, and found it hard to see the boulders and rocks I was needing to navigate around.
Which felt like a reminder not to get caught up on the "this won't work"s or "I can't do this"s but to just keep moving one step at a time.
And additional insight from the shadow was:
Shadow is only available when there's sun! What mountain do you want to climb, and which of the above criteria
for success do you need to address to move getting to the summit from a dream
to a reality?
Landscaping Your Life is just one of the tools I use in behavoural skills coaching and training helping individuals and teams to tap into their inner wisdom to achieve their goals. Do get in touch if you'd like to understand more about how I can help you, or your team alison@landscapingyourlife.co.uk
Alison Smith Landscaping Your Life to get back on track Using nature as our coach, nature's landscapes as metaphors for our lives.
You can sign up for the Landscaping Your Life ezine here, or find out a little more about it here.
Whilst up the mountain I also explored further solutions for when you can't see the wood for the trees - to support solutions we've obviously covered previously here.
Landscaping Your Life's (LYL) origins lie in using gardening as a metaphor for our lives. Whilst LYL's reach has expanded since then to include all of nature's landscapes not just gardens, this week we're joining those talking about Chelsea Flower Show and looking at what we can learn from our gardens and apply that learning to our lives.
As I travel about visiting different locations to explore the insights available from gardens this week I'll be sharing posts here. You may also want to join me over on Facebook and Instagram where their format allows for shorter insights to be shared in the moment.
One other bit of very exciting news is the publication (even if electronic) of the first Landscaping Your Life ezine aimed at helping you to Landscape your life whether it's your goals, confidence, motivation or other behavioural skills that need a little support.
To give you a flavour of what's included, there's a special feature about taking the learning from attracting bees in your garden to having a similarly buzzing life.
There's a number of regular features such 'In the potting shed' where we learn about the tools needed to landscape our lives.
and, in this edition 'Plant of the season' is Thyme where we learn from nature about time management ;-).
And the Landscaping Your Life walk invites to consider the insights from deadwood row, let the light in avenue, unfurl corner and clear ahead copse.
There's even an Ask Alison section providing answers to your questions from nature.
The origins of Landscaping Your Life (LYL) date back to the late 90s when I used gardens as metaphors for our lives. Whilst I later expanded it to include all of nature’s landscapes not just gardens we’re going back to LYL’s origins this week.
As Chelsea Flower Show shares the best in garden design we're going to be our own garden designers designing aspects of our lives so that we may flourish and share our beauty for all to see🌸.
Join me daily for vlogs, blogs, posts and insights as I visit different landscapes and explore many aspects of landscaping your life and specifically:
Mon 20th: Landscaping your potential
Tues 21st: Landscaping your time
Wed 22nd: Buzzing with life
Thurs 23rd: Landscaping your relationships
Fri 24th: Taking a landscaping your life journey
Sat 25th: Landscaping your success
I do hope you can join me as I finally allow the Landscaping Your Life seed to germinate, and plant it out into the garden for all to benefit from its insight.
Alison Smith Head Gardener Landscaping Your Life - making life more beautiful
The final story for Mental Health Awareness week, and a hint at the theme for next week’s posts, is called The Poppy – because we all have mental health.
The
Poppy
12
months ago, his father had released his seeds into the field.The wind had picked up many of them and
scattered them across the expansive green field.Some had been eaten by the birds and others
by the sheep and cows the farmer had allowed to graze on the long grass.Other seeds had managed to travel further afield,
some landing on the tarmac of the local roads and others caught up in the river
as it made its way to the sea.
This
seed hadn’t traveled far.Only a few
metres from where his father had stood very proud with his face to the sun, allowing
its rays to warm him.Initially, the
minute seed lay on top of the ground caught between some blades of grass and a
small stone. Then one day the farmer
ploughed the field and the seed was in darkness. The seed was surrounded and hemmed in by dark
earth.For many months the seed remained
inert as the ground became cold and frozen.It felt like a lifetime of just doing nothing.A few other seeds got bored and tried to put
their heads above ground.But it was too
cold, and they never flourished.
Finally,
the ground started to warm, and the seed knew the time of waiting had
ended.It was time for his germination
to begin.First, he sent out a single
root to access the nutrition from the soil.Then other roots were sent out from this first one until, finally, he had
numerous fine roots gathering the resources he needed to grow.As these nutrients worked on his body, he
sent up a stem through the earth until it found sunlight.The seed then had access to everything he
needed: soil, water and sunlight.He just
allowed these three to support his body to thrive.More roots, a stronger stem, leaves, and
finally a bud that held the promise of surprise for later in the year.The seed was no more, and a plant had been
born.
The
plant continued to take the nutrients from the sun and the soil and continued
to grow.Looking around him he could see
other plants growing just like him.Each
unique in some way from the others.Finally,
on one very hot day the plant knew it was time for his opening.He allowed each of his 6 petals to open revealing
the stamens to the sky.It was in that
moment that he knew that all the time in the soil, all the time bringing in the
nutrients, all the time patiently waiting meant that today was possible at all.He thought of the many seeds and younger
plants who had not been as patient and who had failed along the way.He was very pleased he’d waited because this
was his finest hour.In a few week’s
time he looked forward to following in his father’s footsteps and sending his
seeds out in to the world and continuing the good work he, his father and his
father before him had done.
My first Landscaping Your Life
book, Can't see the wood for the trees, has been described by one reader
on Amazon as "first aid kit for the brain". To find out more
about the book see this
post- you can buy it from all online stockists all listed here.
Today’s story for mental health awareness week is
entitled The Celebration of Adulthood - because we all
have mental health.
The Celebration of Adulthood
Four
times a year the elders come together to reflect on the strengths and abilities
of all those who are to celebrate their coming of age. At the meeting the
elders consider the behaviours and attitudes they have seen demonstrated by the
youngsters who are soon to move into adulthood. It is out of this reflection
that an adult name for each of those celebrating their adulthood appears.
One
time the conversation surrounding one youngster had been lengthy.She had not been without her advocates who
sang her praises. However, many elders where concerned with her continual
resistance and suggested names such as Stickler and Barri (short for Barrister
as some felt they were on trial when with her). Her advocates argued that her
resistance was just a means of her exploring the world and questioning the
reason for all things. After all, hadn’t they all been taught in the tales as
youngsters that truth and knowing only came from truly understanding for
oneself, rather than just accepting what they had been told. Didn’t this
youngster just feel the need to understand everything for herself, her
continual questioning was simply as a result of that. The discussion went on
for many hours with many suggestions for a name being made and rejected.Finally, it was decided that some of the
elders would spend some time with the youngster in the week prior to the
celebration and trusted that clarity over an appropriate name would arise from
this.
The
first elder to spend time with the youngster was Earnest. He observed the
youngster playing with her friends.He
noticed that she was very accepting of even the slower youngsters. She spent
time helping, supporting and encouraging them. However, she became easily frustrated
with her own endeavours if they failed to meet her own very high expectations
of herself.It was as if anything she
did wasn’t good enough for her. Although, of course, she was the only one who
thought this.
The
second elder was Journey.She observed
the youngster at a community meeting.Journey knew the youngster to have many views on the subject being
discussed.Journey was therefore very
surprised to see the youngster withdraw and not express these views.She spoke with the youngster about what she
had observed, and asked why she had not expressed her views.The youngster explained that she felt the
opinions being expressed by others were very different to her own and that her
words would not be understood. She even felt that she would be ridiculed for
her opinions because they were that different. Journey helped her understand
that if she had expressed her opinions, it might have helped move the meeting
into a different space. Specifically, that her questions may have brought more
light into the situation.
The
third elder was Mountaine.She spent
time with the youngster observing her in class.The class had been asked to work together to publish the next edition of
the community newsletter.The youngster
never sat still.She was continually on
the move. One minute asking if her help
was needed over here, the next over there, and the next somewhere else
instead.If she was asked to do
something she couldn’t sit still for very long.Mountaine knew the behaviour well as it had been her lesson many years
before.Mountaine had herself always
been on the move and could identify with the desire to never stop.She had felt that if she stayed where she was
and just did what she’d been asked, that she’d miss something.She always felt that there was something better
to be done, something that could use her talents better, and therefore
continually searched for that illusive something.Mountaine had found over time that if she
stayed with the task in hand that her skills were fully utilised.If she was needed somewhere else, she discovered
that would be made clear to her without the continual need for her to search.
The
final elder to spend time with the youngster was Thuse (derived from enthusiasm).Thuse spoke to the youngster about a project
she was completing for her end of year exams at school.The youngster had written a plan for the
project’s completion.Whilst discussing
the plan, it became clear that the youngster was frustrated.She had been unable to keep to the plan.After she had made the first step it was if
what the second and third steps should be became clearer.Unfortunately, these steps did not reflect
those on the plan.The youngster was
very frustrated and wondered why she should plan at all.Thuse explained that planning was a useful
process to assist in identifying where you wanted to go and what resources you
needed to get there.It was also
particularly useful in identifying what the first step should be.However, Thuse explained once the first step
had been made plans may need to be flexible to meet the changing circumstances
that taking the first step brought up.
When
the elders met the night before the celebration the four elders who had spent
time with the youngster told of their encounters.They could see that she did much for others
and fully loved and accepted them as they were.What they had noticed was she failed to give herself this same level of
consideration.Finally, they concluded
that they wished to give her a name that would be a reminder to her, a reminder
to accept her own uniqueness, a reminder to love and accept herself exactly as
she was. As a consequence, the name they gave her on that wonderful day as she
moved into adulthood was Florence.
As
the youngster moved into adulthood she grew into a beautiful and wise woman and
whenever Florence heard others call for her she was reminded of the elders’
words to her.“We name you Flo (rence)
to remind you to accept your own uniqueness and to follow the flow of your own
path.Do not follow or compare yourself
with others because they have different paths to follow.Remember the bird can fly but not burrow, and
the rabbit can burrow and not swim, and the fish can swim but not fly like the
birds.Each of these are beautiful and
loved for who they are.You do not wish
the bird to be anything other than a bird and so do not wish yourself to be
anything different than what you are.”
My first Landscaping Your Life
book, Can't see the wood for the trees, has been described by one reader
on Amazon as "first aid kit for the brain". To find out more
about the book see this
post- you can buy it from all online stockists all listed here.
Today’s story for mental health awareness week is
entitled The Caterpillar - because we all
have mental health.
The Caterpillar
Eric
the caterpillar was munching his way through a leaf.It was a very tasty leaf too.He didn’t think much whilst he munched
away.He did however appreciate the
flavour and textures of the leaf as he bit into it and munched it into a pulp
to be easily digested in his little stomach.He gave thanks to the tree for its gift as he moved onto the next
leaf.On the journey to the next leaf he
just noticed how weary his legs felt and wished that the leaves were nearer
together.He perked up when he got to
the next leaf as he again enjoyed the flavours and textures in his mouth.His weariness returned when it was time to
move towards the next leaf.He felt the
effort of lifting each of his 16 legs in unison and collaboration with each
other.He wished there was a better way
of living.One that had more opportunity
for eating the leaves he loved and less of the boring tedious and useless trek
in between.
Eric
had heard stories of having to move from one tree to another and spent much
time dreading that happening to him.The
stories had many endings – some happy and others sad.However, for Eric the common thread of all
the stories was the great effort required to achieve the goal.To him it felt like too much effort just to
eat another leaf or two.He couldn’t
understand why any caterpillar would ever want to do such a thing.He was thinking about this happening to him
when he realised that he could neither move forward nor back.He tried to move each of his legs in
turn.Each seemed to be stuck.He pulled, he pushed, he fought, he shouted
out with frustration.None of this
seemed to work.He tried again and again,
and he was still stuck.He sat quietly
thinking that if he conserved his energy that in a few hours he might be able
to make a break for it.For that reason,
he closed his eyes and went to sleep.A
few hours later when he woke, he was reminded of his predicament when he
realised he could not move. He took a deep breath in and with every ounce of
his being on his out breath he pulled, he pushed, he struggled.But he was still stuck.He wondered if he needed a longer sleep, and, therefore, once again he closed his eyes and went to sleep. This time he slept for many hours.Eric’s dreams were strange and, if his legs
allowed him, he’d have been tossing and turning in his sleep.
On
waking Eric tried do move and again was reminded of his situation when not one
of his legs budged from the spot.He did
consider another sleep but thought he might try another strategy before closing
his eyes again.He could see other
caterpillars nearby and shouted to them to help him.They didn’t seem to hear him and just
continued munching their leaves.He
shouted louder and still he got no response.He shouted until he was hoarse and still he had no response.He felt sure they could hear him.Especially when he remembered the times when
other caterpillars had had similar difficulties and he’d ignored them.He had been too busy munching the leaves, and
anyway he always thought some other caterpillar would go to their aid.Not one caterpillar came to help him.He really didn’t know what to do. He slept
some more, he pulled, he pushed, he struggled, and he screamed.Nothing seemed to work, and he remained stuck
to the spot.
Finally,
as struggling and shouting hadn’t worked, Eric looked around him.He started to explore more fully the situation
he was in.He even relaxed realising his
struggling was futile.Taking each leg
in turn he looked at what was holding them.He had never seen anything like it before.Each leg was entwined with a very fine silver
silk.As he looked around him, he
realised he was within a web of this fine silk.A web which stretched far into the distance.He even noticed other creatures stuck in the
web.He also realised that the more they
struggled and the more they strained the tighter the silk pulled around them
and the less likely they were to be able to get away.
Looking
further afield gave Eric something to do.He started to notice other creatures and the world around him.He noticed the colours, the movements and
heard the sounds from all around.He
also started to realise that he might never get free and started to reflect on
his life.He did remember the good times, including the really scrumptious leaves he’d eaten.He also remembered the times he regretted his
actions.The times he’d ignored others' calls for help.He also realised he
could be a bit of a grump some of the time.Even when eating the scrumptious leaves, he’d find something to complain
about.If the complaining wasn’t
directed at the outside world, then he managed to find things about himself to
complain about.He was too lazy, too
fat, too slow.Wasn’t he now realising
he was too selfish.After many days he
realised that he wasn’t all that bad.He
had remembered all the good things about himself.He remembered his positivity, enthusiasm and
sense of fun.He remembered his
dedication to finding the perfect leaf and the gratitude he had for the trees
for their gifts.
At
the end of a very tiring day, where Eric had managed a whole day accepting his
perfection, he slipped into a very deep sleep.He slept very soundly and very long.On waking he was very surprised and a little frightened about what he
found.Had he died he wondered?Because he felt different – he felt different
inside and felt different on the outside too.He certainly looked very different.That was why he thought he’d died because he no longer looked like the 16-legged
Eric that he had been before he went to sleep.Something miraculous had happened.Because he had two huge beautiful wings of rainbow colours and no longer
seemed to be tied to the web of silk.
Slowly he felt within himself to every part of his being.He felt very different and yet it certainly
felt like him.Slowly he imagined moving
one of the beautiful wings and he was shocked to see the wing on his right move
ever so gently.He wondered what would
happen next and then suddenly he felt a slight breeze and was terrified as it
lifted him away from the web and into the air.Having realised from before that if he struggled it usually made the
situation worse, he relaxed into his new body.He allowed the wind to carry him and even experimented with moving his
wings.He found by moving them he could
alter the direction he was going.He
also found that his eyes no longer just saw the green leaves; now he could see
the colourful flowers all around.
As he
landed on his first red flower he realised how much fun he was going to have
with his new body.He realised that as a
caterpillar he had really thought his life was over and that he was going to
end his days caught in the fine web of silk – but that had only been the means to
his wonderful new body and life.He
realised he could release his old ways and really make a difference in the
world by visiting as many flowers as he could and really seeing and enjoying
the world around him.He didn’t know
what would come next but made a promise to himself to just enjoy where he was
at that moment in time and worry about the future one day a time.
My first Landscaping Your Life
book, Can't see the wood for the trees, has been described by one reader
on Amazon as "first aid kit for the brain". To find out more
about the book see this
post- you can buy it from all online stockists all listed here.
Today’s story for mental health awareness week is
entitled The Stone - because
we all have mental health.
The Stone
Even
from the beginning, when the men had taken the carefully crafted stones with
unique dimensions and energy and placed them in the circle, the energy in the
stone circle had been magnificent.Each
stone supporting the other.Their
alignment making best use of each of the stones’ unique qualities.Some provided shelter from the wind and rain,
others connected with the sun, moon or planets, and others showed their true
spirit only at certain times of year.
Even
though each stone had a unique gift, the energy of the circle was greater
because of this.This combined energy
being available all year round no matter what time of day, night, year or
weather.
One
day, one of the stones was knocked off balance by a fierce wind.The harder the stone tried to right itself, the more out of balance it became – the ground underneath now being free to
move.
The
others noticed immediately the effect it had on them.They could feel the drain of the energy from
the weakened stone and also the break in the circuit that held them together.
They were unable to help the stone and suggested it take a rest.They could see the impatience of the stone;
they could feel their own circle jittery with unbalanced energy.Yet they trusted that all was very well and
knew that sometimes the circle required time to reflect and renew itself.They knew too that energy wasn’t static –
that with the approaching shortest night the stone would be able to connect
with an energy outside itself.They knew
that as the special energy line crossed through the stone that the stone would
be able to move and balance itself – once more allowing the energy in the
circle to be connected and even stronger for the time out.
And
so it was, as the energy line on the longest day hit the stone it was able to
right itself. It was able to find even
firmer footing in order that it would never again be knocked by the strong
winds.
The stone and circle once more a
beacon to all those who felt its presence.
My first Landscaping Your Life
book, Can't see the wood for the trees, has been described by one reader
on Amazon as "first aid kit for the brain". To find out more
about the book, see this
post- or you can buy it from all online stockists all listed here.
