With My Own Two Hands (and the help of Kohna and the Banana)

Well, today I finally put flowers in the front flower bed.  For months now I had found any excuse to not plant anything there, while wanting to the entire time.  Why?  It sounds silly, but I think it was a fear of failure.  I certainly do not have a thumb of green, but I love digging, planting, and adding a little color to my world.  Nevertheless, I kept putting off getting flowers because I was afraid it wouldn't look great or I'd kill yet another pallet of foliage.  Then, like the sweet breeze of the mornings of late, a wave of confidence swept over me.  So what if my little arrangement doesn't make the front page of Home and Garden magazine or isn't awarded with Waxahachie's Yard-of-the Month prize?  It looks great to me and the joy I received planting each plant with Kohna on her back chewing her tire and Hannah gazing at me in her swing is the best prize possible.

I have been experiencing some revelations lately.  I am starting to look at things in a brighter light.  It is funny how that happens.  We can try to make certain changes in our lives and seek enlightenment.  But truth can come when we least expect it and I think that is when we are the most open to accept it.  Forcing  philosophies is no bueno and will result in a surface level of understanding. Yet, when you finally see that certain something, that distant thought that instantly becomes clear, the truth that you so longed to discover, when you finally feel it for yourself and own that reality, Life becomes real.  Life becomes yours.

So by taking action and getting those soil ornaments into the ground, I discovered something within me.  The fear of failure that had tried so hard to embed its roots in me got uprooted today and replaced with the strength of the most splendid blossom.  The simple flower bed in our front yard changed my outlook today.  Funny how those life changing occurrences can come in the most unexpected forms.  If there is something that you have been wanting to do, but have too often found an excuse for, GO DO IT!  Take a step of action and GO DO IT!  Kick Resistance in the ass and go do the things you have longed to do.  Don't let those fearful thoughts keep you from doing something you want to do and living your life.  Even if no one else wants to do it or doesn't think its that important, if you want it, go get it.  And then tell the world about your discovery.