{"id":2324,"date":"2012-01-23T22:20:22","date_gmt":"2012-01-24T03:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/?p=2324"},"modified":"2012-01-23T22:20:27","modified_gmt":"2012-01-24T03:20:27","slug":"soul-gardeners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2012\/01\/soul-gardeners.html","title":{"rendered":"Soul Gardeners"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust<\/p>\n

When I look at my life, the messy and marvelous, the mundane muddy muck, the magical miraculous occurrences that show up on my doorstep each day, I breathe a sigh of gratitude. This garden that is my earthly incarnation didn’t become what it is in a vacuum. The seeds that were planted were scattered by the loving souls who have stood at the ready with wheelbarrows filled to overflowing.<\/p>\n

My job has been to clear the patch, weed, remove the rocks and rubble and prepare it for the implantation. If I expect that beauty will take hold and blossom in\u00a0 soil tumbled with brambles and overgrown with\u00a0grumbles, I am sadly mistaken. I also need to remember that if I want to grow wildflowers,\u00a0 I ought not to plant watermelon seeds. Once the seedlings are underground, the real work of patiently waiting, watering, weeding out discontent and wondering when it will blossom, begins.\u00a0 I can’t very well be digging in the dirt, asking why the flora isn’t yet flourishing and yet, how often have I done that with projects in my life?\u00a0 There have been times when what I have asked for has taken (in my opinion), far too long to come to fruition and yet, like stop action photography, I can witness how in the grand scheme of things, my wishes and desiress have shown up in seemingly transcendent ways.<\/p>\n

I welcome the ‘charming gardeners’ from all walks of life, from all realms of my existence that arrive in sometimes surprising and unexpected forms.\u00a0 I am blessed to have so many soul gardeners in my life, with rakes, shovels, seeds and sometimes fertilizer at the ready.<\/p>\n

Who are they in your life?<\/p>\n

What seeds have you planted?<\/p>\n

How does your garden grow?<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/youtu.be\/D3FkaN0HQgs<\/a> The Garden Song sung by John Denver<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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