Gardening The Mind
“I felt like taking my life yesterday.” It’s not something often heard. Although this phrase is rarely heard, it is often felt. Shame, guilt, and embarrassment, flood the already over exhausted emotions. The flood deepens the drown. The more being in the dark pit is hated the deeper it becomes. The trap that are shackles to the darkness is the mind. The mind, a place one can truly be free. Where dreams sprout and grow. Even a body held in captivity can find freedom through the mind. The seeds of thought are the beginning of marvels to behold. What happens when this powerful force becomes shackles instead of wings? How can one find the seeds of freedom in the place where the darkness grows? If the mind is a garden then the fact that weeds grow is evidence the ground is fertile. Hating the weeds doesn’t stop them from growing. Being shameful of them doesn’t stop their existence. The more good seeds are nurtured and grown the less room there is for the weeds. But even the grow
