Lessons from the Garden
The beginning ~
The transformation was great, both visually and personally. So what did I learn in the process?
- Change is hard and exhilarating at the same time.
- Change isn't always by choice. It's sometimes imposed upon me
- I say that I am open to change but have come to realize that I do cherish history, whether it's my story or a continuation of another story.
- What appears to be good on the outside (the tree's shade and beauty) may have something not so good lurking underneath (the offending root that was lifting my garage floor).
- Destroying a perfectly beautiful tree that had the misfortune to be planted in the wrong place meant ending its life prematurely. I had to give myself the space to mourn, even be angry.
- Hanging on to something that needed to change is not productive nor healthy ~ in this case for the yard and my garage floor.
- Change is an opportunity to learn something new, try something new, create something new.
- Change takes work.
- Change can be fun.
- I can love the new as much as I loved the old. They are just different.
- Change is not permanent, change begets change.
- If I'm not changing I'm either a zombie or dead.
the end
or is it???????
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