"Life's a garden, dig it!" - Joe Dirt
Each every day we are bombarded with the stresses of life in every one of the five realms. In doing so we miss some of the greatest secrets to happiness such as expressing more gratitude and giving more. We deal with worries of children, finances, church callings, work duties, bills, school, or whatever the weeds are in your life.
Imagine each one of the five realms as a plant. To grow the best garden preparation begins even before planting the seeds. It takes preparing the soil, fertilizing it properly, tilling the ground, clearing the weeds and then one must make sure they know the length of their growing season. So the seeds must be planted in the right part of the season. While the plants begin to grow, the gardener must continually take care of the garden buy watering the plants and clearing the weeds out regularly and consistently so the plants have room to take good root and absorb all of the nutrients necessary.
It is the same principle with our human life value. The problem is most people are so bombarded by weeds they do not now where to begin taking inventory on their human garden. Here are a few tips.
1. Schedule a time to take inventory. This may be hard for some because we are oh so busy with life running from one appointment to the next we even forget to eat. Remember though, scheduling is about scheduling your priorities, not prioritizing your schedule. Make a commitment to make inventory or what I call B Side hour a regular consistent time in your life. It is like playing in the super bowl and not preparing for the game. The better and more consistent one prepares, the better their human life value gardening will go.
2. Break down the five realms: spiritual, mental, physical, social, and financial. Then in each realm rate yourself on a scale from 1 to 10. In each realm ask yourself, "What would it take to make this realm a 10?" Pick one thing, focus on it, then create a habit from it.
3. Be consistent and remember the principle of small and simple things. Do not be too hard on yourself. Knowledge and change do not happen over night. And the interesting thing is your habits will begin to change. You will begin to eat healthier, pray more often, read more books, and as you do this your mind is filled with goodness and pushes out the habits we either dislike or don't yet realize we have.
4. Write in a journal. It allows one to express their stress' and thoughts and organize their mind to think more clearly.
5. Meditate. Meditation is a lot more simple than people make it. People think they need a lot of patience to sit still and just think in silence. The reality is, it must be done effortlessly. Whatever happens, happens. This is an exercise that will bring more value over time when it is consistently performed.
6. Turn off the noise. Turn off the TV just for sound in the house. Turn off the cell phone to eliminate the stress of whatever it is. If it is an emergency they can always call 911! Turn off the radio in the car and just enjoy great conversation or pure silence. Turn off the computer and get off Facebook so much. A lot of stress comes from subconscious desires of want and acceptance in the social realm. People need you, you don't need them.
The B Side To The Truth is our mind is continually being cluttered with noise, weeds, and garbage. Yet most of society does not take the time to weed their human garden. By doing so it will create clarity, it will create better marriages and relationships, it will make you more successful in your business' and most important it will give one the sense of happiness just for the sake of being happy for no reason.
Colton - discover your true'ness'
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