What’s Growing In Your Garden?

June 28th, 2009 by Ezio

Tip! English Garden - This style emphasizes on the harmony between the house’s architecture and the garden.

I remember about twenty years ago, making a major over-haul in my life. I had taken on my first real job as a substance abuse counselor. Somewhere into my second month on the job, I began to feel like a hypocrite. Here I was asking my clients to make major changes in their alcohol and other drug use and I was still getting drunk myself and very involved in the bar scene. It began to leave a funny taste in my mouth.

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When I get an idea in my head, there are usually no half measures. I go for the gold! So, abruptly, I quit. No more drinking. No more partying out in the bars. Done. I cut off most of my “friends” who were trying to pull me back into the bar scene. Thanks, but no thanks. I began to head in a new direction.

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You are what you surround yourself with. The people, the thoughts, ideas, the dreams or lack there-of…

Back then, life was superficial, sprinkled with artifice and intoxicating substances, no real care for others or self. I thought that I was having fun. I thought that I was living an exciting life.

Tip! Keep your garden simple. Often simple themes work best and feel more spacious.

I would wake up in the mornings scanning my memory banks to see if there was any dark or destructive thing that I had done or said the night before. Relief when I found nothing. A sinking feeling when I did.

I felt like I had layers and layers of junk piled up on top of me. Dark secrets. Lies. Cover-ups. Unresolved issues. Apologies unspoken. Pretense. Most of which I kept hidden from view so I did not have to deal with it or feel guilty about it, but it was a weight that was attached to me nonetheless.

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Many years later, I have covered a lot of ground with self-help, twelve-step work, therapy, workshops, spiritual readings and practices.

There is work to be done when you move from the low road to the high road.

All those layers of junk are laying there waiting for you to clean it up. It will not just disappear on it’s own. You have to make that happen.

It is like cleaning house. I hate the prospect of having to do it. I put it off and then, one day, I look around and I cannot stand the dust and mess anymore. I decide to tackle the job. I get out my supplies and I start. Once you begin and take action, you are on the road. Commit yourself to the deed. Do something to get going and engage yourself in the process.

Once I begin, I do not stop until the job is complete. I do not want half of a clean house. That other dirty half will tug at me, until I do the work to get it clean. Similarly, my consciousness tugs at me with reminders until I get moving again, if I even dare to abandon the task.

Once you start living a life that feels more real, honest, genuine, authentic… you get so engaged and rewarded by your new discoveries and creations, that you stop at nothing to stay on this track.

Tip! Wild Corner - I know this may be hard if you like a neat and tidy garden, but leaving a wild patch can be very entertaining and visually very pleasing. Nettles and other wildflowers attract butterflies and bees, and it’s often suprising how delicate and colourful wildflowers can be when allowed to grow in their own space.

I feel like I am on the sidelines of my own life, my awareness, my consciousness… duster and vacuum cleaner in hand… ready to pounce on anything that is out of integrity or alignment with what I want to create. A negative thought, apathy, judgment, criticism, self-deception, pretense…

You have to get to be a vigilant watch-dog over your own mind. Observe where your attention wants to go. Master how to manage it and direct it where you prefer, or it will manage you! You may or may not like the garden that you end up in.

Tip! It’s smart gardening to learn what the advantages and disadvantages would be if you were to choose certain roses over others.

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Tip! Evaluating your garden design. Before you start winterizing your garden, take a few minutes to review what worked and what didn’t and make note of any areas that you would like to change in the spring.

Originally from Jamaica, Nicola lives in the mountains of North Carolina with her husband and 2 children. In addition to delivering the number one self-development course worldwide, Nicola home-schools her two children - a task which provides her with great opportunities to grow and to practice what she preaches!

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