Gardening for your Heart & Soul

I was helping my Cousins with yard work today & cleaning up weeds which had been pulled up from the little flower gardens they have in front & back of their house. We also placed new fresh Red Cedar Mulch in the flower beds to give them a little something extra. We also placed the mulch around the Guava tree, Gardenia tree & Banana trees. I looked around after we finished & realised it looked beautiful & that it gives you a peaceful, happy feeling to accomplish this.
Gardening is also an artform, as most people know.
I decided that, in life, we may wish to treat ourselves as a Garden. It's something that is done carefully to ensure beauty & quality. Gardening is great for your mind & soul. There are weeds that have to be pulled to ensure preservation & growth of good things such as positivity in all aspects of your life.
One's entire life is like a Garden. Sometimes, there are weeds that cannot be removed, in this case however. It's very sad but so true.
Some folks will understand this, others .... not so much.
It's just important to think about ALL of the things you do in any given day at any given moment.
It's surprising how fast one bad decision or a series of them can haunt you & ruin your life, permanently. I find that the constant road blocks are a often a great challenge. Certain types of difficulties can appear to defeat you at every turn. Even so, I have realised that there is no point in being defeatist when you can simply move on. People have to realise that since your life is unrepeatable, be sure you don't make any serious mistakes that you will regret forever.
The little Gardens around the house look beautiful since they are tended to.
In other news, today is the Wedding of my Cousin Diana Spivey & her fiancée Mark Gass.
They are to be wed at 5 pm in Melcher, Iowa. I only wish I could attend, but for several reasons, I am unable to attend, regrettably. I am there in Spirit & was able to send a nice card w/money to ensure my best wishes are known.
We have been keeping in touch with Nick & Catalina. They are living in Santiago de Chile, South America, for those who don't yet know this.
They survived the earthquakes that hit back in February. They had 1 of a set of 2 Wedding Glasses broken & everything else is good.
They are planning to move to Toronto, Ontario, Canada in approx. 18-20 months, depending on how long the Immigration process takes as well as paperwork. They have extended me an offer to move there with them, however, I feel Immigration Canada may refuse me the priviledge.
This past Saturday, May 8, 2010 was the First Communion of Ariella Ottar, Daughter of Kevin Ottar & Melanie Robinson. It was held at a local Catholic Church called St. Anne Seton close by the house here in Port St. Lucie, FL.
The next day, we went out to dinner for Mother's Day at Pirate's Cove Marina & Resort as mentioned in a previous post. We all had a great time.
Today, after Gardening, we have been setting up some items in preparation for the Baby Shower next weekend on May 22, 2010 for John Wesley Muggli lll. His due date is set for July 10, 2010. We can't wait!