Gardening and the Secret of Happiness

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November 18, 2018 a project of ServiceSpace This is happiness...to be dissolved into something complete and great. - Willa Cather - Gardening and the Secret of Happiness "By a shower of gifts and a heavy rain of lessons," a good mother loves her children. This is how author and botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer came to the awakening of true happiness as she realized that the time spent and lost in her garden were the happiest moments of her days. Like her children lost in the wonder of digging in the soil, Kimmerer saw what was most important in her life as she was picking beans from within the "spiraling vines of her tepee trellis." Kimmerer awakened to the beauty of being on this earth as part of a loving relationship with the Otherwith Mother Earth and all she nurtures. Read and listen to more of Kimmerer's thoughts on nature. { read more } Be The Change Reflect on a moment when you have been happily "lost" in an activity or experience. Consider how can you "make more time" for these timeless moments of happiness? COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News One Teacher's Brilliant response to Columbine Anne Lamott Writes Down Every Single Thing She Knows Moshe Feldenkrais: Learn to Learn People Helped You Whether You Knew It Or Not When Someone Threw Coffee at My Face Why Be Kind? To Keep Company With Oneself Turning Rain, Ice and Trees into Ephemeral Works DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 244,467 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More