The Things That Move Me

I shared on a podcast this last week how much my spiritual well-being impacted my physical journey. I’ve also been living by the phrase, “When you pray, sometimes everything happens and every time, something happens.” So I have been praying about everything and anything, especially when given prayer intentions and requests. Our worlds have expanded so much in terms of feeling close to virtual communities, and one thing I’ve noticed is that sometimes it feels like the bad news never ends. The old world lived within local communities, so the news they mainly received concerned only their communities.

Several years ago, I couldn’t shake all the bad in the world, the bad in all my online communities, and the suffering people were going through. And I was super religious but not super spiritual. Being in the spirit inside our bodies gives us much more clarity and peace. We can not fall prey to all the suffering around us and be helpless, which is how I felt during this time. We also don’t want to be desensitized to others’ suffering. So, there were a few things I changed:

• I consecrate my day to God and ask that it be made known where my energy needs to be that day.

• I ask for the gift of wisdom for the people I am to help.

• I pray in depth for my own family.

• I surrender control so that I can embrace the feminine nature of flowing. (I still have a checklist to keep me on task with “the flow.”)

Over the last few years, there have been so many encounters of checking in with certain people and uplifting their entire spirit because I was letting God work, not forcing my own work. And I know I’m always the happiest and most at peace when my schedule can flow. (But it doesn’t always make my pickleball crew happy that I can’t commit until I see how my day is going.)

God didn’t place me in theology; He put me in health, so I try to stay in my lane. However, who knows, maybe my future mid-life crisis will have me pivot into the lane I’m most passionate about: faith. I see women turning 40 and completely changing their careers. They were already super successful, but they needed some significant change!

If I need a significant change, I will likely sell our house and buy some dirt. I won’t do a 180 on guiding you all, I promise! That’s another quirk about me. I like moving, and while houses hold special memories, the thought of staying in one place that long really doesn’t sit well with me. While we have put down roots in our location since we have a high schooler, that doesn’t mean that chicken, goats, land, and luscious gardens aren’t a part of my future.

Speaking of gardening, since so many of you guys have asked me. I’ve dabbled and grown up with huge gardens, but I’ve hesitated to invest in one here because we’re always gone during what would be the most plentiful harvest locally. But I’m seeking ways to be more creative in that regard. Please share your starting points for growing your food. Our home backs up to the woods, so we always have critters come out and about to visit and snack, so I need to find a way around that, too. I have the space and I have the sun! We’re gone for about a month every Summer and I need to guard my crops. Oh, and I’d only do a pesticide-free garden, and I’m soooo scared of caterpillars. Two things I’m most afraid of in nature are not snakes and spiders, but caterpillars and skunks.

So now that I’ve told you all kinds of personal things about me, let’s hear something about you. Do you have any gardening tips for me?

Happy Easter weekend, my beautiful community. SO thankful for you.