Unburied Treasures

There have been some really great, inspiring, fantastic and wonderful things written among the blogs I frequent as of late.  I feel the need to share:

• On Choosing Poverty: “It leads to satisfaction and being good stewards of our earth. I know that people gossip that we poor and shame that I don’t ‘work’, (the government also deems us that with our tax return statement: you are below the poverty line) but I say that we are living a life of Permaculture. And I am happy with that. Plus, what other people think about me (or us) is not my business.”
• It’s the Weather, Stupid: “my quality of life is most definitely determined by whether or not I operate from a place of thoughtful, measured action or from that bright blue sparking spot of emotional reaction. The former moves me forward. The latter sends me spinning out of control and causes a storm of consequences that are, of course, further opportunity to think and measure, then pour carefully.”
• To Crazy and Back Again: “I can’t change others and it’s not my job to try to do so. People will do what they do. They will make their own decisions and I have very little control over the choices they make. But that doesn’t really matter. Know why? Because I’m happy with my choices.”
• Lessons in the Weeds: “I don’t make things grow.  God makes things grow.  Nothing in my power can make it rain (or, in the case of this spring, stop raining) or make the sun shine, or make the bugs come or go, or make the weeds come or go.  I can do my best to keep the beds clear, to plants seeds in their season, to plan and diagram the garden, but in the end, I have no power to make things grow.”
• Plucked Up, Spun Around & Set Back Down Again: “And so while I’m nurturing everything else important in my life I better not neglect the one relationship that will carry me through anything. I just don’t know when I’m going to be in real need and I pray the atrocities that happened to Immaculee NEVER happen in my life. But when and if I am in a place of dire circumstances I want to be standing firm on a relationship and not wobbling, trying to find my way in the darkness.”

I’m going to be enjoying a three day weekend at home and in the garden starting tomorrow.  I’ll see you over at Not Dabbling in Normal on Sunday and back here on Monday.  Have a great weekend everyone!