Friday 13 July 2005

Thoughts while cleaning out the Hypericum

I was so concerned about erosion on the path past the deck

What to do? What to do?

Checking closer I found that it was not erosion - it was invasion I was dealing with

I remembered the heavy snow last winter, and how it bent the plants

So I took the pruner and got busy

cutting all the surplus and behold

here was my path!

The mower tidied it all up, so now it�s up to me

to maintain it.

This is a great metaphor:

sometimes the path is not lost, just cluttered up with

too much -

hardened by misuse -

left untended -

paying regular attention and performing

needed maintenance will keep the path clear and unobstructed

Me

Whenever your inner life is clouded, your influence in the world is under a shadow. If you are fearful, you will be attacked; if you cloak genuine mysteries in dogma, opportunities for new insight will be lost. If you vacillate in upholding your principles, you will be tested. Yet, when you are firm and strong, the power of truth can break through even the most stubborn minds

The I Ching

It's been fun - I go now ~Lilo~