{"id":2813,"date":"2009-05-04T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-04T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=2813"},"modified":"2009-05-04T05:30:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-04T10:30:00","slug":"daily-practice-watering-a-little-every-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/daily-practice-watering-a-little-every-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily practice; watering a little every day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>I&#8217;m stoked.\u00a0 I&#8217;m really loving the cool nights we&#8217;re still having in early May.<\/em> I like sleeping with the windows open, so I can hear the night sounds.\u00a0 There&#8217;s a night blooming jasmine just outside my bedroom window, and the scent is heavenly!\u00a0 It&#8217;s been blooming like crazy lately, since I&#8217;ve been keeping it watered. It&#8217;s amazing how much difference it makes to just keep the plants watered every day.<\/p>\n<p>My usual story to myself is that I am too busy to worry about moving hoses and sprinklers all around and what days I can and can&#8217;t water, and I should just let nature take its course.\u00a0 But then I realize that I really do want to give the plants enough water to help them thrive.\u00a0 So I have to make myself look at it a different way, not as a task that burdens my already busy schedule.\u00a0 So now I look at it as <em>what I get to do when I take a break from the computer during the day<\/em>.\u00a0 I can just hook up the longest hose and start way in the back and just give every plant a little drink and move all around the yard in less than 2 hours.\u00a0 I get to say hello to each plant and I get to notice it and be mindful of it.\u00a0 I can tell which are growing, who gets the best sun, who drinks more water.\u00a0 I can count it as part of my daily spiritual practice, a daily checking in with other beings who share my space.\u00a0 The idea of that appeals to me.\u00a0 That sounds like a movie I want to star in.<\/p>\n<p>Even so, I know that my intention is simply to keep the plants sufficiently watered.\u00a0 So what if I have to trick myself by some mental play acting in order to motivate myself to get it done?\u00a0 The play acting turns to reality as I find satisfaction in the daily doing of it all, as it makes my experience more fulfiling and allows me to draw more living out of life.\u00a0 It gives my life more meaning.<\/p>\n<p>And it gets the job done.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small; font-family: Arial; color: #8000ff;\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"s-share-buttons\" class=\"horizontal-w-c-circular s-share-w-c\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/daily-practice-watering-a-little-every-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to Facebook\" class=\"s3-facebook hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Daily practice; watering a little every day&url=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/daily-practice-watering-a-little-every-day\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Twitter\" class=\"s3-twitter hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/daily-practice-watering-a-little-every-day\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Google Plus\" class=\"s3-google-plus hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/daily-practice-watering-a-little-every-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to LinkedIn\" class=\"s3-linkedin hint--top\"><\/a><div class=\"pinit-btn-div\"><a href=\"\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/\" data-pin-do=\"buttonBookmark\"  data-pin-color=\"red\" title=\"Share to Pinterest\" class=\"s3-pinterest hint--top\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\"><\/script><a href=\"mailto:?Subject=Daily%20practice;%20watering%20a%20little%20every%20day&Body=Here%20is%20the%20link%20to%20the%20article:%20http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/daily-practice-watering-a-little-every-day\/\" title=\"Email this article\" class=\"s3-email hint--top\"><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m stoked.\u00a0 I&#8217;m really loving the cool nights we&#8217;re still having in early May. I like sleeping with the windows open, so I can hear the night sounds.\u00a0 There&#8217;s a night blooming jasmine just outside my bedroom window, and the scent is heavenly!\u00a0 It&#8217;s been blooming like crazy lately, since I&#8217;ve been keeping it watered. 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