Y2k +10

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Y2k didn’t happen, but 9.11 did. All that worrying had to go someplace I guess. Perhaps this is a good point as we move into the next decade. Out of the “oughts”. My Pawpaw used to refer to the first decade of the 20th century with “oughts”. “Back in ought 8” he’d start out... We never did that in the 2ks. Wonder why? Anyway hello to the teens – or I guess we’ll be in the Tweens first, then the teens?

We certainly are more number conscious these days, what with y2k and 9.11, and my friend Mr. 2020 was discussing on Moon Moo & You Radio show yesterday how goals and visions are two distinctly different things. A goal is when one sets out to accomplish x by time y with method z. A vision is…. Well it’s just a whole nother thing. Visions are the stuff of mysticism and inner happiness and all things possible within us and with the universe as a whole. Visions are not cut down to a pie slice or algebraic equation. Visions are boundless. Googledy google to infinity-ness. Visions are not a number.

So 10 years ago I was about 30 lbs lighter and I was a smoker. I was single and had no kids. Today I am smoke free and married with a beautiful little boy. I could never have dreamed it. My own family was not in my “vision”. As I met the year 2000, I was pretty much resolved to being an old spinster with my little dog forever. Something changed in me after 9.11. I was re-routed. I felt a stronger purpose. I became more social and more open to possibility. That is what that day taught me. The terrorists never dreamed they would awaken so many souls. I now know that “love” is a verb.

Love into the next decade, and may it be your best ever!



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Create a Pocket Garden for Your 2010

Here is a fun project to start off the New Year. Find a spot somewhere in your home, inside or out, that gets a lot of sunlight. Choose some plants and vegetation, (just two or three is plenty) that create a sense of wellbeing in you. Think about how they look, smell, feel. Take a trip to a greenhouse and actually shop for your personal garden space. Think about the names of the plants. Do a little research on plants and choose a couple based on where they originate from. Someplace perhaps you might like to be or to go.

Take some time to choose what types of containers to put your plants in: every minute detail is important. This is not to redecorate your whole house. This is a small project: a “pocket garden”. You are creating a personal space for you to have your own time for reflection and meditation, where you can go to unwind. If anyone else in your household wishes to participate, they need to create their own pocket garden in a different spot. This one is all for you. It can even be private if you want.

If eating healthy is in the mix for your 2010 resolutions, perhaps growing a little bit of parsley or mint might be a good idea for your pocket garden. If you are particularly adept at growing things and are up to a challenge, bonsai trees are growing in popularity: perhaps you might try pruning your own. There are a million ways to do this. The most important thing is that your personal little garden space resonates with your soul. You feel a sense of peace when imagining and creating your pocket garden, when you tend to and care for it, and most importantly when you are still … there.

 
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