It has been a few months of roller coaster riding in life, though with small changes I have been able to deal with the negatives easier than I would have only 12 months ago. I have been spending plenty of time reading novels, and technical books, plus writing my own novel and spending more time out in my garden.My husband and I have a half acre of land with a great house on it, though we have let the gardens go a bit over the winter, and so over the last three weeks I have spent a lot of my weekends out in the sunshine and pulling bucket loads of weeds from the around the place. I have managed to get three garden beds completely ready for mulching and new plants. I have a love a roses and I would love to have more cottage plants in my garden beds, but our summers here are harsh and we are usually on water restrictions through out summer, so we plant more native Australian plants that flower at different part of the year and once they are established need less water, than an English Cottage Garden.
As well as my gardening I have spent time organizing my study, with new bookshelves and re-arranging the furniture and making it more comfortable and inviting to spend time writing here, and not going to the coffee shop all the time, even though that is great fun and fills me with lots of coffee and amazingly tasty caramel slice.
I am also going back to things that I loved 12 years ago that I left behind when my life became hard and side tracked with dealing with an eating disorder and way to much exercise. I went for my first meditation session yesterday and I can say, it was wonderful to be able to fall back into such a calming way that has helped clear my head and heart.
My days are going to be heading down my life's path, no matter what the universe puts before me, I know I have the strength and determination to meet each hurdle with a positive attitude, and take every experience with gratitude for what I learn and keep moving forward.
