So March is almost over and spring is in the air. I just prepared my garden with some new dirt and stirred everything up so that when my little seedlings are ready I can plant some veggies (tomatoes, peas, corn and lettuce) and sunflowers to intermix between everything. Just a little bit of sun and water and in several months I will have my bounty. It seems so easy and yet I know that it is not. All things in life take time and patience and growing a garden is the same as growing as a person. You must feed and tend to yourself in order to become the you that you are meant to be.
I have been reflecting the last couple of weeks and I have realized I need to focus on tending my own internal garden and being kinder with myself. I have these goals that I want to achieve and by putting them out there I also come up with all the reasons why I won’t succeed. So I then don’t succeed at my goals and beat myself up, year after year. I am starting to see the cycle, sometimes it takes some time for me to learn.
So as we bring in April , I will write and focus on being healthy. Practice is the key to success, so by sitting in the chair and writing daily I will become a better writer. Eating healthy and exercising I will become a healthier person. Again it will take lots of practice and patience and time. My garden will not be ready to enjoy until July so I will tend it so that I can enjoy it once it is ready. I don’t know when my writing will be ready to be published but I will tend it and enjoy the process until that time comes.
In today’s world everything is about instant gratification and we lose sight that it takes a lot of hard work and patience to become good at something. From today until the end of the month(April) my focus is practicing taking care of me and being patient. It’s not about being a skinnier person or being a published writer. It is about learning the process and practicing those skills so that someday I will be ready to become a published author and a healthier person not just a size.
I will just write to learn nothing more nothing less, then I will see where I will land. I will walk and exercise so that my body will learn and become stronger. I will just do and be and enjoy the journey and come July enjoy my homegrown veggies and flowers.
Tiffany
