Earlier this week, I was pulling weeds out of my garden. I noticed a lovely “weed”, with purple flowers, and wondered; what constitutes a “weed”?
Definition: noun – a wild plant growing where it is not wanted and in competition with cultivated plants.
verb – remove unwanted plants.
I pulled this weed because I didn’t plant it.
I started thinking about my mind and the thoughts that I just allow to wonder in. I didn’t choose some of these thoughts (“weeds”) to be in the garden of my mind and yet they showed up.
I trust, that when I was first created my mind was a beautiful garden of love. However as I grew up, I allowed all kinds of thoughts, prejudices and judgements to enter into my lovely mental garden of love. I didn’t know I had a choice. I allowed my mind to run amuck trying desperately to please others in a relentless attempt to feel loved, worthy, valued and good enough. I felt, that if just one person on this earth could love me more than anything or anyone else then, I would feel valued and loved.
I have since come to realize that self love can’t be given. Self love is realized, awakened and remembered. If we want to feel loved, all we have to do is choose to feel loved. The greatest love of all resides within us; we are love, created out of love.
I have also come to realize that I get what I want when I give what I want.
Needless to say, once I realized that I was the gardener of my mind, I had a lot of weeding to do. I have and am choosing moment by moment to weed out thoughts of not being good enough, not being loved, all judgements and criticisms about myself and others, and any other thoughts that aren’t rooted in love.
I am choosing to fertilize and cultivate only thoughts of Love and oneness.
Today, I pray that we cultivate a world of Love inside and outside of ourself.
And so it is!
blessings & love,
Until next time, BE radiant, radical & real!
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