What's in your garden?

I also love the quote: "In a world where you can be anything, be kind". What a lethal combination -  self-awareness & kindness!

As my soul has been evolving, many spiritual experiences have crossed my path that pushed my level of self-awareness to heights that hold me in awe. The two things that resonate the most are being true to yourself and being kind to yourself. When you have these two necessities securely in place, there is nothing that you can't achieve. 

Looking over the garden that makes up your life, what do you see? Is there a sea of roses with some sunflowers smattered in amongst them? Or is there a sea of sunflowers with some roses smattered in amongst them? Whichever way you see your garden, I hope you've been the flower you always wanted to be.

I read this beautiful quote today by Deng Ming Dao: "The moon does not fight. It attacks no one. It does not worry. It does not try to crush others. It keeps to its course, but by its very nature, it gently influences. What other body could pull an entire ocean from shore to shore? The moon is faithful to its nature and its power is never diminished." 

Isn't that lovely?! I have always been infatuated with the moon. This gives more understanding as to why that is. 

​James Allen's, As A Man Thinketh (1903), shares this wisdom: "​Just as a gardener cultivates his plot, keeping it free from weeds, and growing the flowers and fruits which he requires, so may a man tend the garden of his mind, weeding out all the wrong, useless, and impure thoughts, and cultivating toward perfection the flowers and fruits of right, useful, and pure thoughts. By pursuing this process, a man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life. He also reveals within himself, the laws of thought, and understands, with ever increasing accuracy, how the thought-forces and mind-elements operate in the shaping of his character, circumstances, and destiny."

What's in your garden? <3