I am planting the seeds of education and lifelong learning in my kids. For me, personally, I am planting the seeds of strong and sustained health through daily yoga or exercise of some sort.
I found this website by happenstance. I feel called to share my skills it’s others by traveling globally to administer to the poorest of the poor. We as humans need to give to others. And oh the joy that comes from sharing a piece of ourselves
seeds of hope that I am actively planting is to get more energy to do more and learn more but to be honest sometimes i feel overwhelmed.
I should be more focused on only a few things
The seeds of hope I am actively planting and tending to are through my education and entering the work field. I have been a house wife for quite some time, and I am finding fulfillment in finishing what I start many moons ago.
I have honestly not been actively planting and tending seeds of hope; I have been struggling, and I don’t feel like I have any hope of anything getting better any time soon; I don’t want to feel this way, but I don’t know how to change it. I suppose, if I’m sewing and tending any seeds of hope, it’s by starting this journal; I’m also looking for ways to change because, if I don’t do something, nothing will ever change that way.
I have 2 people very close to me dealing with health challenges, One is my daughter’s active addiction and the other is my significant other that needs biopsy surgery soon. I am their seeds of hope as much as I can be. I have many praying for my daughter and now my friends as well. I also live with my son and his Fiance and always offer guidance and help if asked and little seeds of reflection when I can squeeze them in : ). My faith also helps be active with seeds of hope.
I hope that your wife’s biopsy goes well; I am sorry that your daughter is battling addiction because it’s an incredibly difficult battle to win, and it is lifelong. I hope that your daughter is victorious.
I am doing my best to deeply listening to people for them to be understood and heard and to reduce theirs or even the suffering of others related to them, trying to accompany them with care and loving kindness. In doing so, the inner movement to a more positive perspective seems to be supported and may be an anchor for hope and faith again. With deep gratefulness to all of you for this very moment of changing perspective again to faith and hope.
When I hold space for the dying or berieved, I uphold hope in the mixture of emotions and challenges. Not the loud rah-rah hope of toxic positivity. Not a hope for healing, recovery, or even ease of acceptance, though those things would be great. Unless they are the things that people want me to speak over them—I speak their speak. But a hope that somewhere, somehow, they will find slivers of grace that can bring meaning, peace, equilibrium, even touches of joy into dark places.
Just voted! For young vibrant creative, progressive candidates who are elevating the conversation while practicing joyful inclusive politics. My privileged white boomer generation needs to plant and tend in part by clearing the space. .
As I often say, it’s a great time to be a person of privileges, especially white. It’s our time to get behind the long overdue changes that are needed in significant ways. To be on the right side of history, in small, humble, understanding, inclusive, even possibly uncomfortable for us moves, perhaps big ones too, while we move off center stage and make room for a lot of other wonderful people.
I am supporting a young Afghan refugee, who escaped her country at the last minute. I want her to feel safe and welcome in her new country, which is so different from her own.
What seeds of hope am I actively planting and tending?
I have always enjoyed planting zinnias and I like the giant ones that grow from 3 to 5 feet high. When they are in full bloom, they make me think of smiling faces and I patiently wait for them to bloom each year. Right now they are turning to seed which I patiently gather each fall and store where the seed will remain dry for next years flower bed. They are annuals so they die. The generous amount of seed they produce affords a larger bed each year but it must be gathered and kept viable for spring planting. I hope to be able to plant them in the spring but if I cannot, my son will take the seed and plant it on the hill that faces the busy rural roadway that runs past his house. That location will allow them to cover the hill with their bright colors and smiling faces hopefully bringing joy to those who pass by.
You might wonder why I’m sharing this when today’s question is: “ What seeds of hope am I actively planting and tending?” The term “seeds of hope” grabbed my attention. For many years, hope was a four-letter word for me and that was not meant to be a compliment. You see, I had so many hopes shattered that I was a lost puppy sitting in the middle of the road. Or in OT biblical terms, I was a child lost in the desert. I no longer knew how to collect or plant positive seeds in my psyche. The word hope had been erased from my vocabulary probably because I didn’t know the difference between hope and hope(s). I still allow my EGO to confuse them from time to time so when I’m asked if I’m actively planting and tending seeds of hope, I remind myself that the biggest and most important garden I must tend is the one that is located in my head. And I can answer “Yes, I am planting, watering and nurturing the seeds of hope in my psyche.” I’ve learned that to do that successfully, I need to remember the “faith, hope and charity” trio. I can’t truly have hope without faith (trust) and charity (love) in both my head and heart. I need all three for life giving seeds to come to blossom and/or fruition. And it is sites like gratefulness.org and the folks who gather here that help me keep planting and tending those seeds, turning them from annuals into perennials.
Thank you for your inspiring post, dear Carol. Your saying helps to be reminded and alters perspective (which I was about to lose for a moment) that in order to truly have hope, faith (trust) and charity (love) are the two other qualities for life.giving seeds to blossom and /or fruition.
Ose, Perspective has so much to do with seeing and hearing what we need to grow. Thanks for your response to my post. I have truly found that you cn’t have hope without trust and love.
As a passerby, I admire the beauty of your garden. Through what you have written, I can see the hard work that has gone into it. I can see the loss and pain. I can see the prospect of significant growth, shady areas to refresh, and sunshine to inspire.
And enjoying…I often do the work, and find it as work, but when I enjoy the process more too…ha, to use a garden metaphor, “Stop and smell the roses”…I am content with how much I have bloomed. This kindly moves me forward even more.
May the seeds of concentration, mindfulness, effort and action, speech, livelihood enable me to engage more often with the world in the ways of gratitude, awe and compassion.
I agree that all of my actions, karmas, create seeds. Some bring me closer to the place I want to be, some bring me further. When I am consistently, joyfully, and sincerely attending to my daily practices the world blossoms into a place where I see solutions, not problems and I find friends, not adversaries.
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I am planting the seeds of education and lifelong learning in my kids. For me, personally, I am planting the seeds of strong and sustained health through daily yoga or exercise of some sort.
I found this website by happenstance. I feel called to share my skills it’s others by traveling globally to administer to the poorest of the poor. We as humans need to give to others. And oh the joy that comes from sharing a piece of ourselves
seeds of hope that I am actively planting is to get more energy to do more and learn more but to be honest sometimes i feel overwhelmed.
I should be more focused on only a few things
The seeds of hope I am actively planting and tending to are through my education and entering the work field. I have been a house wife for quite some time, and I am finding fulfillment in finishing what I start many moons ago.
I have honestly not been actively planting and tending seeds of hope; I have been struggling, and I don’t feel like I have any hope of anything getting better any time soon; I don’t want to feel this way, but I don’t know how to change it. I suppose, if I’m sewing and tending any seeds of hope, it’s by starting this journal; I’m also looking for ways to change because, if I don’t do something, nothing will ever change that way.
I have 2 people very close to me dealing with health challenges, One is my daughter’s active addiction and the other is my significant other that needs biopsy surgery soon. I am their seeds of hope as much as I can be. I have many praying for my daughter and now my friends as well. I also live with my son and his Fiance and always offer guidance and help if asked and little seeds of reflection when I can squeeze them in : ). My faith also helps be active with seeds of hope.
I hope that your wife’s biopsy goes well; I am sorry that your daughter is battling addiction because it’s an incredibly difficult battle to win, and it is lifelong. I hope that your daughter is victorious.
I am doing my best to deeply listening to people for them to be understood and heard and to reduce theirs or even the suffering of others related to them, trying to accompany them with care and loving kindness. In doing so, the inner movement to a more positive perspective seems to be supported and may be an anchor for hope and faith again. With deep gratefulness to all of you for this very moment of changing perspective again to faith and hope.
When I hold space for the dying or berieved, I uphold hope in the mixture of emotions and challenges. Not the loud rah-rah hope of toxic positivity. Not a hope for healing, recovery, or even ease of acceptance, though those things would be great. Unless they are the things that people want me to speak over them—I speak their speak. But a hope that somewhere, somehow, they will find slivers of grace that can bring meaning, peace, equilibrium, even touches of joy into dark places.
Just voted! For young vibrant creative, progressive candidates who are elevating the conversation while practicing joyful inclusive politics. My privileged white boomer generation needs to plant and tend in part by clearing the space. .
As I often say, it’s a great time to be a person of privileges, especially white. It’s our time to get behind the long overdue changes that are needed in significant ways. To be on the right side of history, in small, humble, understanding, inclusive, even possibly uncomfortable for us moves, perhaps big ones too, while we move off center stage and make room for a lot of other wonderful people.
I am supporting a young Afghan refugee, who escaped her country at the last minute. I want her to feel safe and welcome in her new country, which is so different from her own.
Thank you. Such a great way to plant hope.
What seeds of hope am I actively planting and tending?
I have always enjoyed planting zinnias and I like the giant ones that grow from 3 to 5 feet high. When they are in full bloom, they make me think of smiling faces and I patiently wait for them to bloom each year. Right now they are turning to seed which I patiently gather each fall and store where the seed will remain dry for next years flower bed. They are annuals so they die. The generous amount of seed they produce affords a larger bed each year but it must be gathered and kept viable for spring planting. I hope to be able to plant them in the spring but if I cannot, my son will take the seed and plant it on the hill that faces the busy rural roadway that runs past his house. That location will allow them to cover the hill with their bright colors and smiling faces hopefully bringing joy to those who pass by.
You might wonder why I’m sharing this when today’s question is: “ What seeds of hope am I actively planting and tending?” The term “seeds of hope” grabbed my attention. For many years, hope was a four-letter word for me and that was not meant to be a compliment. You see, I had so many hopes shattered that I was a lost puppy sitting in the middle of the road. Or in OT biblical terms, I was a child lost in the desert. I no longer knew how to collect or plant positive seeds in my psyche. The word hope had been erased from my vocabulary probably because I didn’t know the difference between hope and hope(s). I still allow my EGO to confuse them from time to time so when I’m asked if I’m actively planting and tending seeds of hope, I remind myself that the biggest and most important garden I must tend is the one that is located in my head. And I can answer “Yes, I am planting, watering and nurturing the seeds of hope in my psyche.” I’ve learned that to do that successfully, I need to remember the “faith, hope and charity” trio. I can’t truly have hope without faith (trust) and charity (love) in both my head and heart. I need all three for life giving seeds to come to blossom and/or fruition. And it is sites like gratefulness.org and the folks who gather here that help me keep planting and tending those seeds, turning them from annuals into perennials.
Carol you write so beautifully. I loved the ending ..’from annuals into perennials’ 🌻🌼🌷🌹🌺🌸
Thank you for your inspiring post, dear Carol. Your saying helps to be reminded and alters perspective (which I was about to lose for a moment) that in order to truly have hope, faith (trust) and charity (love) are the two other qualities for life.giving seeds to blossom and /or fruition.
Ose, Perspective has so much to do with seeing and hearing what we need to grow. Thanks for your response to my post. I have truly found that you cn’t have hope without trust and love.
As a passerby, I admire the beauty of your garden. Through what you have written, I can see the hard work that has gone into it. I can see the loss and pain. I can see the prospect of significant growth, shady areas to refresh, and sunshine to inspire.
Dusty Su, Your comment is uplifting, beautifully written and deeply appreciated.
So glad it landed thus.
My hope is, that if I keep doing my practices, I will continue to grow and get closer to my true nature. Like a garden, there is much to be done.
I just think being more mindful and present in the now. This sets up the future that is yet to come.
Chosing everyday to engage in the fight to be the person i want to be. Some days that fight is hard and others it is a subtle battle.
I never knew there was so much work involved with planting, watering, tilling and be active in the harvest of personal growth
And enjoying…I often do the work, and find it as work, but when I enjoy the process more too…ha, to use a garden metaphor, “Stop and smell the roses”…I am content with how much I have bloomed. This kindly moves me forward even more.
May the seeds of concentration, mindfulness, effort and action, speech, livelihood enable me to engage more often with the world in the ways of gratitude, awe and compassion.
So we’ll said. Thank you!
I agree that all of my actions, karmas, create seeds. Some bring me closer to the place I want to be, some bring me further. When I am consistently, joyfully, and sincerely attending to my daily practices the world blossoms into a place where I see solutions, not problems and I find friends, not adversaries.