• Tools for Transformation – Ideas and action steps to infuse one’s life with passion and purpose.

It is spring time and the perfect time for working in the garden; I like to use the analogy of a garden for creating healthy conscious lives – tending the garden of your life check list:

1. Preparation – just as we prepare the soil of a garden with tilling so it can breathe – we can prepare our minds with meditation. As we pull out weeds and rocks that inhibit plant growth – we can cease negative self talk and remove thoughts and beliefs that hider our spiritual growth. We can recycle dead plants for compost to fertilize the soil – just as we can learn from our past mistakes for a better tomorrow. We can add fertilizer to enhance growth – as we can read books and study to improve mental strength and clarity.
2. Planting the seeds – we place the seed in the soil and cover it up knowing that within the seed exists all the intelligence that is needed for growth – as we plant seeds of dreams and ideas in the fertile soil of our mind, we trust that natural process of growth to take place.
3. Nourishment/Elements – we water the seeds to initiate and sustain growth; we plant them in the sun for continued nourishment; the wind aids in strengthening – just as we tend to the garden of our life with positive thinking, affirmations, healthy choices, exercise, right relations, and lots of love.
4. Gathering the Harvest – given tending, nurturing, and in time we gather the harvest – we enjoy the bounty of our garden. Just as we enjoy the manifestation of our thoughts as they show up as our life – beautiful, perfect, whole, and complete, just as we intended and expected.
5. Thanksgiving – we give thanks for all we receive.

How is your garden growing?