I have not taken the time, these past few months, to even pick up a pen to write. I have had many, many ideas, floating around my head, yet no inclination to put in print. That is, until recently. I started where most writers start, in one of my many journals. It was thanks to my friend Michelle, who had sent me a nice surprise in the mail. She bought me cards.
One of the few things I have enjoyed to do is to work with divination cards. Michelle is no stranger to my enjoyment of using them. The cards she sent me were different to the ones I usually use for readings. So I immediately set out to try them on myself.
Before I start, I look over each card to see the art work (which has some beautiful imagery that I am sure influenced Michelle to get these particular ones). I then smudge them to cleanse them of any energy that does not belong. Lastly, I take the time to shuffle them so they attune to my energy. I look over the instructions, but not the meanings. I like to discover the meanings for the initial introduction to new cards. Some say it is better to sleep with them under your pillow, but I prefer to just try out a reading on myself a few times before trying them out on others.
I am not going to delve into what the cards said to me, but the whole point to this aspect of my story is that I found that the cards spoke to me. This motivated me to write about them. I have had not felt the need to write in quite some time. This helped open up something in me that was closed. I deliberately chose to close that part of me, along with a lot of other things. I took the time to heal and recoup since spring.
The joys of gardening
One of the things that helped me reconnect with my surroundings and heal was to start gardening. I have to admit, I am not very good with plants. In fact, several plants died under my care (or lack thereof). However this summer, my husband came back from a trip with some seeds and tools for the yard. I joined in, in his efforts to improve our curb appeal.
He bought grass seeds and packets of flower seeds. We planted the flower seeds in the flower beds my husband made in our front yard. We already had wild flowers growing in them. So we planted them in front of them. They have since sprouted but not yet flowered because we planted them late in the season. My hope is that they flower before the end of our summer season. I also wish that Mother Nature will be kind and extend the nice summer we been having here well into the end of September so that I can see the flowers bloom.
We worked on our sad excuse for a front lawn and improving on the back yard. I joined the community’s G.L.A.M. Challenge for our lawn and yard maintenance and won a participation prize. It was icing on the cake of reaping what we sowed. The real prize is seeing all the plants and flowers grow despite my poor plant care skills and the fact that I am a total newbie with gardening.
I am presently researching more into gardening and both my husband and I are planning to work on fencing in the yard expand our efforts towards vegetable gardening next year. So talk of building a greenhouse and prepping seeds earlier for next season is making me quite anxious for next summer. For now, I’ll just enjoy what we have and learn more.
Soul searching
Basically my summer has been quiet. I left my last job because I realised that my heart wasn’t into it. I saw many revealing things over the spring time. One that truly stood out to me is the fact that I yearn for something more rewarding and worthwhile when it comes to work. I kept seeing friends and family doing exactly what they wanted to do for a living or even achieving something that touches on what seems to be fulfilling; their true purpose.
I long for that and hope that the time I took over the summer to simply be, will enable me to achieve what I have envied in others. So with the gardening, writing and the soul searching, I am going to continue to grow as a person, continue to grow things and continue to write.
I have now a new chapter in my life to write, I hope and strive for it to be filled with promise, success and happiness.