Just Being

After two days of driving and hosting my friend from India I needed a catch up day. That was today. No one ever catches up with all they need to do but at least we can get some things done. The bigger question for me is not doing but being. In doing, driving people medical appointments, work in the garden, cooking, writing this post and more I seem to be very good. However, in being, reading, praying, reflection, listening and being quiet I have problems.

I know I need to be more balanced between doing and being but keep placing doing over being. Perhaps in the garden I can find some glue for being balanced. A garden needs care, watering, weeding, compost making and other doing. Yet unless the plants are being in sun, enjoying good soil and rain they will not grow to full potential. So a fertile garden needs a balance between the doing of care and the being of nature.

So rather than a catch up day of doing I need some time to step back and be. To get this balanced between doing and being takes some discipline, something all my mentors, including Gandhi, spoke and practiced. But only in the disciple of balancing doing and being can we, like gardens, truly grow and flourish.

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