WHAT YOU CULTIVATE

TODAY'S QUOTE:
If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery...
John Paul Jones

The mind, heart, and soul are akin to gardens... each one located on a deeper internal level than the one before... each tilled, seeded, weeded then harvested as needed for fuel as we travel. As children we don't have any choice about what's planted there. There are just too many hands tossing things about and too few making a neat job of it.  By the time we reach the age of reason our sacred gardens are unkempt, overgrown, and so full of prickly weeds that any time spent there guarantees a wounding of one sort or another. And if we spend our time avoiding going there we grow older, yet no wiser; our outer form matures, while  our center remains undeveloped. 

What we ought to do at the age of reason is to simply plow everything under and begin anew. But what is most often done is to avoid looking deep, while we coast along mostly on the surface. Putting great value on the most unimportant things is something we all do before we realize the true worth of things not on public display. Name brands... fads... things we possess quickly possess us then any deeper looking is not necessary. Valuing others for their net worth... or yourself for the lack of... well it's simply a flawed equation, with no hope of a valid solution.

Tend your garden. Clear it of all the unhealthy echoes that bloom endlessly into negative thoughts that lead to drama that you wouldn't create if your thinking were sound. Dig deep and plant securely what you want to harvest to make for a richer life. And if you drop seeds in someone else's sacred ground make sure you enhance the yield of healthy growth. The negatives that dare to sprout should never be given the time for their roots to catch hold. Feed wisely on positives; replanting as you harvest and there won't be much space for any weeds to grow. Think about it... let it ride... then decide!!!