One thing I am incredibly thankful for in this interesting season is my new found love for gardening. It has been such a soothing, fulfilling and learning experience for me . Apart from the fact that I just love the smell of earth and fascinated by all the hidden lessons in planting and reaping, its become a place to quiet my thoughts, reset, think and pray.
I had always wanted to use the space at the back of the house for a a garden since I moved here some time ago but the busyness of life and me not prioritising it kept getting in the way then 2020 happened. We were under lock down; I decided it was now or never… so armed with my secondary school (high school) knowledge gained in agriculture class, I proceeded to get some help to prepare the space for planting.
We uprooted and planted 3 seedlings of plantain I had growing crowded and that summed up my whole garden. I will go back and admire my near empty garden space and think about all the other plants I want to see growing there. By the second week without me asking, one of my neighbours came with help in tow to ask me if he could help me plant cocoyams and okro in the garden. I was completely blown away by his generosity of time, money (he paid the young men for their time) and seeds. Whiles reflecting on this act of kindness shown me, I remembered how thoughts of growing plants I liked had consumed me for a while and just like that, I had manisfested what I had been thinking about.
Another incident that comes to mind happened just a few days ago. I had engaged a young man to help me pull out weeds from the garden. As we worked together, I just thought it will be great if he moved further to another section of the garden and concentrated on that area while I also focus on the opposite end. I didn’t voice it out because I thought it was not necessary since the bottom line was I just needed the garden rid of weeds! I noticed a movement about a minute later, lifted my head to investigate just to see that the young man had moved to the specific section I had thought earlier will be great for him to move to. I was startled because I hadn’t voiced out anything but my thoughts had once again created the reality. I shook my head, smiled to myself…amazed.
Like me I am sure many of you have experienced countless happenings like that in our lives. That is why its important that we guard our thoughts and intentionally direct them to what what we want to see manifest in our lives. How do we do that? Certainly by not surpressing them! On the contrary allowing them to flow examining their roots, also asking ourselves whether those thoughts will enventually help us manifest our personal master plans/visions. That is how we can identify which ones are aligned and the ones are arent.
Secondly, it is important that we are mindful of the thoughts we allow to take root in our minds because that eventually becomes our reality.
Finally lets also become mindful about the people we surround ourselves with, who speak into our lives because small minds have never been known to birth great things. So as this new week begins, ask yourself the following;
- What do you want to see happening in your life?
- What thoughts are you entertaining and focused on?
- Why are you focused on those thoughts?
- Do they align with where you want to go or see happening in your life?
- Who are you allowing to influence your thoughts?
- What can you do differently to practice aligning your thoughts to your goals?
As everyday is an opportunity to begin afresh, may we all be conscious of the fact that our thoughts are truly powerful and have the creative ability to transform our world.
emefagadze 
Indeed, our thoughts have the power to define our experiences. A good read. Thanks for sharing.
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