Dirty hands

Face your fears head on, we have all heard this one before. I have many fears that I have kept wrapped up so tightly packaged away for no one to see and surely for me to ignore. One is writing and another one is gardening. So here I am doing both "facing my fears". I would never of thought that one year ago I would meet someone so special that I would drop my guard and open myself up so freely. Thanks Michael.

To create change powerfully, one must powerfully change. This change only occurs when you braid together the four human dimensions of your physical self, emotional self, mental self and spiritual self. This is the tapestry of life.

Are you wondering yet why I am mentioning the four human dimensions of life yet in a blog about gardening?

Getting my hands dirty (as my mother would say) takes all four human dimensions of self and life.

Physical self - double digging (need I say more)
Emotional self - waiting and watching for your new babies to peak through the ground
Mental self - Oh my! will anything grow, do I have the right PH, will the worms like their new home and this one can go on and on
Spiritual self - putting your hands in the dirt, walking in the paths with the sun sitting and just yesterday seeing the new babies sprout up.

I believe the journey into the self requires that we learn to work with our fears and believe in ourselves, we can grow just as our seedlings are growing.

lisa, for a barefoot garden