"Your tiny garden doesn't need to impress anyone else. It doesn't need to scale or trend or solve everything. It just needs your genuine and consistent attention. In a world that profits from our distraction and overwhelm, choosing to care for what’s directly in front of us becomes a quiet, radical act."
I love these words, and while I am familiar with Voltaire's phrase on tending to one's garden, there is something soft and approachable about tending to tiny gardens. Just a tiny step, a small act - this, I think to myself, is doable. I can do tiny today.
I'm so glad this struck a chord with you, Molly. And yes - the soft, approachable part feels true for me too. It feels possible. I love that you wrote "I can do tiny today." What a great mantra! I'll have to remember that one. I'll be thinking of you tending to your tiny garden as I do the same.
I’m just emerging from a very challenging few years (in every way) and have decided that my focus for the rest of this year will be my health/energy, my family/home/garden and training my dog. That’s all. That is my tiny garden - it’s all I can and want to cope with, it’s what will make the most significant difference to me and those in my immediate circle and hopefully it will eventually flourish into a slightly bigger garden and I can move my focus further outwards. 😊
I love this, Catherine. Thank you for sharing here. It's wonderful that you have such clarity about what your capacity is. I absolutely agree that it's from a space of plenty that we're able to then expand our focus. I am sending all good vibes that your beautiful tiny garden will thrive, and offer you sustenance and joy!
"Your tiny garden doesn't need to impress anyone else. It doesn't need to scale or trend or solve everything. It just needs your genuine and consistent attention. In a world that profits from our distraction and overwhelm, choosing to care for what’s directly in front of us becomes a quiet, radical act."
I love these words, and while I am familiar with Voltaire's phrase on tending to one's garden, there is something soft and approachable about tending to tiny gardens. Just a tiny step, a small act - this, I think to myself, is doable. I can do tiny today.
I'm so glad this struck a chord with you, Molly. And yes - the soft, approachable part feels true for me too. It feels possible. I love that you wrote "I can do tiny today." What a great mantra! I'll have to remember that one. I'll be thinking of you tending to your tiny garden as I do the same.
I’m just emerging from a very challenging few years (in every way) and have decided that my focus for the rest of this year will be my health/energy, my family/home/garden and training my dog. That’s all. That is my tiny garden - it’s all I can and want to cope with, it’s what will make the most significant difference to me and those in my immediate circle and hopefully it will eventually flourish into a slightly bigger garden and I can move my focus further outwards. 😊
I love this, Catherine. Thank you for sharing here. It's wonderful that you have such clarity about what your capacity is. I absolutely agree that it's from a space of plenty that we're able to then expand our focus. I am sending all good vibes that your beautiful tiny garden will thrive, and offer you sustenance and joy!