"There is privacy about Winter which no other season gives you...In Spring, Summer and Fall people sort of have an open season on each other; only in Winter...can you have longer, quiet stretches when you can savor belonging to yourself."
~Ruth Stout
Thanks to Nancy Perlman for the quote.
In the context of gardening winter as a quiet time makes sense. There's no digging, weeding, planting to be done. All you can do is imagine next year's garden--what should stay, what should go, what to change, what to add.
ReplyDeleteHer gardening methods are a lot like how I garden.
I think that's the type of gardener I would to be, too.
ReplyDeleteThe winter part reminds me of a meditation cue: there's nothing to be done, nowhere to go.....
At the moment I am doing nothing while waiting for Superbowl party guests (I know, don't eat the onion dip!). I am not good at doing nothing, but I'm less bad at it than I once was. It's remarkably hard, though!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a perfect opportunity to learn a mantra.
ReplyDeleteWell, I have homework then. Presumably I should use it? Chanting is not my favorite, but I often dislike (at first) what later turns out to be good for me. I have no idea why that is so...
ReplyDeleteExactly! What is poison in the beginning becomes nectar in the end.
ReplyDeleteA mantra may be repeated aloud or whispered, or it may be done mentally.