I can see I've been away far longer than I'd imagined and summer is unfolding quickly in the garden with the warmer than usual weather we are getting this year. Back in April we were playing with computer hook-ups and rearranging our front office and since then our land line phones and both cameras have gone on the blink. A current drought of cash flow doesn't make me any happier, and has required me to look at things from fresh perspectives. Sometimes this is best, despite any frustration it sets off in my experience. Challenges such as these are that which can be opportunities in waiting. The trick, as has been discussed in the garden before, is to watch for the magic to unfold and to allow the change of perspective, the fresh approach to a reoccurring issue be the catalyst for creativity.
This quote came to my e-mail this morning, in many ways it is a simplification, yet so is life when we let it be!
If you had one goal, and that was to feel good, you would never again need to hear another word from anyone. You would live successfully and happily and in a way of fulfilling your life's purpose ever after.
--- Abraham
Sometimes I still have to remind myself to watch for the magic, sometimes I need to remember that the tougher things get - the greater the opportunity for life's miracles to unfold. Like anyone, sometimes I forget and I can fall into holes of despair in the sidewalk of my life. Some of those holes are very deep. Climbing back out of many holes can take time and determination. Some are simply small pitfalls that trip me up, they can slow me down when I've pushed too hard and when I need to remember to allow!
So I am trusting that I can overcome any current pitfalls, I am trusting I can manage to keep my website and associated domains up and running, that computer connections, phones and cameras will begin to cooperate and that once I find the right mortgage broker to talk to we'll get things in place in a way that allows us to move forward once again. And - I'm hoping I can pull it all together this week! Yup, it's a rough sidewalk, it is pock marked and cracked and uneven and full of pot holes. It's the path I've chosen for whatever reasons and I desire to continue exploring the potential it seems to beckon me with! (...the path less traveled, the beat of a different drum, the unconventional...)
Garden updates will be a bit more challenging for me as we make it through this transition and I will try some YouTube videos using my laptop web cam - that will likely be the easiest way to provide some visuals. Perhaps even the garden will have something to say when I film it. I'll do some test runs in the garden today and if all goes well tomorrow I will have something fun for you to see and possibly to hear as well!
Stay tuned for that!
With love,
...from the garden
