{"id":40997,"date":"2013-05-05T16:07:23","date_gmt":"2013-05-05T21:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=40997"},"modified":"2015-06-02T16:08:40","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T21:08:40","slug":"my-yard-is-blooming-and-so-is-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/my-yard-is-blooming-and-so-is-my-life\/","title":{"rendered":"My yard is blooming and so is my life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was watering outside last night. I have a lot of cuttings from my turk\u2019s cap and jasmine so I\u2019ve begun a new hedge for privacy from the street. \u00a0A line of loquat saplings I\u2019d transplanted last year are loving the rain, and the bamboo is growing like crazy. I\u2019ve been giving all the plants a lot of water, and everything was in bloom, some for the first time in a year.\u00a0 The scent of jasmine and honeysuckle is intoxicating. Last year, I pruned down my leggy flowering plants so they would grow more dense this year. \u00a0That left me with a few seasons of them looking bare, but the reward was so worth it as they began to bloom again, fuller than before. <em>\u00a0I think how often I do that in my life<\/em>: be willing to prune something now, to do without now in order to have a more expanded experience later. Sometimes it backfires and I can find myself waiting for something that never comes to pass. \u00a0Even that is a blessing, as it lets me reflect on the hidden blessing of what others might call wasted time and effort. \u00a0Time and effort is never wasted. \u00a0Mine was a powerful investment in soul work that I could not have done alone. \u00a0I honor and thank my soul partner, in that I am forever grateful. You are not always fed in return by the hand you feed, and no one owes us anything. \u00a0Our rewards can come from anyone, anywhere.\u00a0There are always more opportunities if you believe there are. \u00a0I believe there are. \u00a0I find them and I water them well and they will be delighted to bloom for me.<\/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\/my-yard-is-blooming-and-so-is-my-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to Facebook\" class=\"s3-facebook hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=My yard is blooming and so is my life&url=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/my-yard-is-blooming-and-so-is-my-life\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Twitter\" class=\"s3-twitter hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/my-yard-is-blooming-and-so-is-my-life\/\" 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\/my-yard-is-blooming-and-so-is-my-life\/\" 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=My%20yard%20is%20blooming%20and%20so%20is%20my%20life&Body=Here%20is%20the%20link%20to%20the%20article:%20http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/my-yard-is-blooming-and-so-is-my-life\/\" title=\"Email this article\" class=\"s3-email hint--top\"><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was watering outside last night. I have a lot of cuttings from my turk\u2019s cap and jasmine so I\u2019ve begun a new hedge for privacy from the street. \u00a0A line of loquat saplings I\u2019d transplanted last year are loving the rain, and the bamboo is growing like crazy. 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