Many natural natural event are ephemeral , and our engaged lives make it hardto keep a promise to “ delight that later . ”
What strikes me as the most common thread among all the diverse nurseryman I have met or translate is that so many do n’t unwind much in their own gardens . Of course , we all have that ( perhaps uncounted ) list of things we want to do to improve our garden . What a shame , though , if that list gets in the style of enjoying the garden as it is here and now , of really sense what is run on there , not justdoingstuff .
My TO DO lists — in the garden and out — have been cognize to run on for several pages . They nag me at times , make it firmly to enjoy the present moment . Yet if I do n’t write down what I want to do , I concern that I will forget , or worse , my own mental capacity reminds me perpetually to keep me from forget .
Many natural occurrences are ephemeral, and our busy lives make it hardto keep a promise to “enjoy that later.”
For those who quietly keep …
treasures emerge .
Recently I was brooding over a lengthy TO DO inclination and had a brainstorm . It ’s not the number of items on the list , or even the individual items , that induce the load . It ’s the unspoken “ should ” in that title . There is a duty , even an urgency to it , a sense that if I have n’t already done all of this , I have fail to meet my obligations .
For those who quietly observe…
So to get free of that nagging touch sensation , I ’ve relabeled the list . Instead of writing TO DO at the top , I now write WANT TO DO . The point on the tilt are , after all , choices . I have descend up with most of them myself , based on my priorities and desires . They are not living - and - decease matters like “ escape from giant dinosaur ” ; they are terrene and optional chores like “ plant life lily beside the shed ” and “ cut the trumpetvine ” and “ inch the paths . ”
Even the chores on my non - garden list , like “ pay neb ” and “ laundry ” ( which I have to do ) , palpate different when they are compose under the title WANT TO DO . Why yes , I require to pay my bills . I want to strip my clothes . Accomplishing these modest tasks will bring me atonement .
conceive my list now feels much unlike than the sure-enough TO DO list , which propel sullen thoughts like “ how can I ever terminate all this ? ” and “ why did I harmonise to that ? ” and “ I require a nap . ”
treasures emerge.
So I share this trick with you , my gardening ally , in hopes that you will feel free to take more breaks and apprise all that you have already done . Happy summertime !
Has your garden bench become a shelf ?
Has your garden bench become a shelf?
