Take time to....look at the squash plant!

I really have to say I enjoy time-tested sayings...like smell the roses, the grass is always greener, this too shall pass....too many to name.

I like these because I find them to be true.  Things can be very chaotic, there can be a crisis- real or imagined - and yet, these sayings hold true.

Being in the moment helps me appreciate some of the "smaller" things in life.  Are they small?  Not for me.  They ground and centre me - so that I don't get carried away with my thoughts and feelings, what happened yesterday or what worries I have  - false and real - for what is to come.

I'm fortunate to have a garden and I plant a few things I enjoy.  Squash, cucumbers and tomatoes. I noticed the little squash tendrils curling up like tightly wound ringlets.  So A.  Very cute.  B.  so amazing because it appears it's supporting the other plant next to it.

These things I can notice and appreciate allow me to stay in the moment and not ...even for a moment...have to focus on my thoughts.

I can feel dissatisfied, fearful and full of anxiety - not something I love - but I can choose to notice what is right in front of me.  And while at this point in my life I'm willing to accept any feelings I have, looking at this little squash plant really made me feel a gratitude for living things, the wonder of nature...all of that!   Things just grow...rain or shine....good or bad conditions....some years are more "fruitful" than others.  I'm just a living, growing being.