It is amazing how time slips away when I am not paying attention. I had intentions of writing this post this morning but look. It is afternoon. I also had intentions of attacking the weeds in the yard this morning, too. I don’t know what happened. Grocery shopping took longer than I anticipated. I hadn’t done it for a long time. I gave that up to the guy after he complained I took too long and bought too much. He’s away sailing. It is our grocery day and it is Seniors Day. I had to take on the shopping challenge.
What I have learned is everything takes longer than anticipated. Everything is harder/easier than I thought. Sometimes I win. Sometimes I fail. I’m learning to look at all outcomes as learning experiences. Mistakes are great teachers. They teach me to try different things and different ways. Now I look at them as great adventures. Wayne Dyer was right when he wrote Change Your Thoughts – Change Your Life.
I’ve read that book and I know that it is true. But there’s different levels of knowing. Now, in this moment, I really know it. It is that AHA moment. Just Like great ideas, if you don’t write it down, it will disappear again. That’s why I write and participating in these Ultimate Blog Challenges. And I do love words and how they can flow into pictures and stories. It pays to take the time to sit and work at it when I’m blocked. There’s value for my time instead of letting it slip away scrolling through things that don’t matter a damn.
It’s almost the end of the afternoon. It is not all lost. I got a wee bit of weeding done. Being overwhelmed by those creeping bellflowers, I thinned some of the carrots instead. It is very hard work, bending over the raised bed, assessing and pulling. I muttered quite a bit. It’s no wonder some people do not garden. It is much easier to get the vegetables from the store. It’s not just growing and harvesting. There’s storing them, too. We still have carrots harvested last autumn. Though I muttered a lot, I know I will get over the hard stuff and keep doing it till I can’t. I guess that’s passion.
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July has been an experience. It’s been hard to keep up with anything, but it seems to be okay. I had a little plant disaster this weekend. There’s this one hanging basket that everyone has forgotten about, except for me. Unfortunately, I was so busy and tired this weekend that I forgot to check the plant until Monday. When I saw the sad, wilted thing, I felt sad, that I had disappointed the plant. I told my friend, and she said to water the plant gently and she showed me where to water. Later I check on it and it was starting to perk up. It is now back to happy planthood. I guess it just needed attention, but it really put on a show about it.
I didn’t fail, but I had a First Attempt In Learning, which seems a lot like all outcomes being learning experiences. We get so caught up with success that we forget that lack of success is a learning tool, too. (that was a lot of words!!)
Thank you, Alice. I love your words, every one of them. Thanks for sharing your experience to water gently. That’s new to me.
Lily, you mutter all you want. You’re doing great. And you’re right, everything takes longer than anticipated.
“Change Your Thoughts – Change Your Life” sounds like book worth reading.
Thank you, Tamara.
It’s true — time does seem to move quickly, especially as we get older. I have learned that although I may not get my to-do list done for the day, it is more important that I have given my best to the tasks I have completed.
Thank you, Angie.