My life has many journeys. A high creative who is high energy married to a Feller who has lived all over the world in war zones lends itself to living in the moment where ever you are.
Each of us has ways of living that feed our soul. What is yours? Mine is about finding beauty in many forms. I love driving and enjoying landscapes, especially in the fall and winter. This summer season is lovely though all around our cottage in Oklahoma.
My joy is also flowers, and there are precious few of them in my life currently as our cottage had no landscaping. The roads are leading to planting this season. It just doesn’t work when store-bought sources are 45 minutes away.
Mind you, I only have one rule about life…Mama doesn’t do hot. Gardens require you to be up early if you live in Oklahoma or you’re facing HOT temperatures by May. Do I look like a person who perspires with style? No dear, my head sweats from the center of my head on…and being fluffy, it’s not pretty nor do I do it well. However loving the lovely things of other’s gardens keeps me learning new ways to bring some of it to my own spaces.
Friendships are like that too, the journey requires knowing who you are and who you aren’t. These last few years’ journeys have taught me the gift of less and more meaningful. I need fewer things, less experiences that are just that…experiences…while I’ve upped my desire to have meaningful experiences with those hearts I love. Are you weeding your garden of relationships as you grow?
The journeys we’re on are our lives. I think most of us dumb along for a good many years just trying to keep it all happening until we learn that we have this amazing privilege of choosing some of what our lives are. Who are our lives are spent with, and how we’ll live them even when hard things come.
