Wow...over a month since writing. Lots is going on in my life and the most treasured aspect is my own slowing down. That might be hard to understand given my schedule with three jobs and such but I have been taking a serious look at my life and how it does need to slow down. I have had numerous indicators that pertain to various aspects of mind, body and spirit that suggest greatly that slowing down now is still a choice, but left unattended it will become something that will be exerted upon me. So as each indicator made its presence known and was taken into account I have done some rearranging of sorts and looked at what is important and what is not. Priorities become very clear when messages are received and looking back it is so interesting that this only becomes clear now. But better late than never as the saying goes. One of my priorities was to give myself more time. Time to 'be'....time to 'live'......this for me is now present in life with the gift of my garden. My garden though had become overgrown and had been neglected due to my busy life. As I looked out at it I would be even more stressed thinking about how I so wanted to enjoy it, but had no time to make it beautiful again. I then came across someone who would bring my garden back to its beauty. She has worked her gardening magic and created a sacred space again. I am now able to putter in the garden when I choose to or just sit and enjoy its beauty at my leisurel. I can truly say that I have spent more time out there this year than the last 5 years put together. So my gardener Sherri is my garden "angel" and she blesses not only my garden, but myself as well.

I also made a choice to open the book shop at 10am and give myself an extra hour each morning. It has also been a blessing. It was a great way to find an hour in the day that I could claim as my own. What I do in that hour still needs a bit of fine tuning, but I am working on it.