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Education:Self-Improvement
"Composting what was into what will be."
Mother Nature and the cycle of seasons provide endless life lessons and nourishing guidance if we are wise enough to heed her teachings.
More specifically, spring's arrival, the season as we all know that introduces itself after winter, the latter season of which for many of us can be frigid, keeping us more home-bound and bundled up far more often than we might prefer as well as to cause us to take stock of our home environment most directly and intimately.
It was upon hearing the statement above in a recent yoga class that I immediately smiled. Why? Well, there is much truth in this literal description of how compost is created and as to why it applies to our lives, it can figuratively be true as well. However . . .
We have to choose, and thus remember, to compost in the first place!
Spring gifts us with an abundance of wonderments and opportunities to apply what we have been investing in and working on during winter, or healing or resting in order to feel rejuvenated and reenergized. So not only do we need to remember to view winter as an opportunity to tend to what needs our attention, we must also be courageous enough to step forward into what that rest has given us.
Simply because we plant, water and fertilize a new plant in spring, or pot up a dahlia tuber in spring, doesn't mean the beauty we hope to come will appear in spring. No, it will not. The dahlias take around 100 days to share their first flower, but once they begin flowering, so long as they have been planted in their right conditions and the gardener keeps dead-heading, the blooms keep on coming until the first frost in early fall. This is beautiful reminder to be patient with ourselves and the changes we have begun to put into place, or the steps we have begun to take that will eventually lead us where we want to arrive. Spring is the beginning of the new journey, but we may not arrive where we wish to go until Summer or early Fall, but we will never arrive if we don't choose to compost first.
In today's episode we will explore eight instances in our life when unwanted moments have happened and how to compost them into something we do want. I welcome you to join us and tune in.
Have a look at the Show Notes for the episode, #378 here - https://thesimplyluxuriouslife.com/podcast378
224: How to Welcome Simplicity Into Your Life: Live Differently for One Month (top episode from season 5)
142: 9 Reasons Owning Your Style Will Change Your Life
15: 7 Components to Building Your Signature Style (a top episode from Season 1)
284: 5 Steps for Finding Financial Peace of Mind
283: 7 Ideas for Improving Your Approach to Working and thus Your Experience and the Outcome
282: Author of Paris On Air and Podcaster, Oliver Gee
45: 10 Ways to Set Your Home Like a Luxury Travel Accommodation
281: 18 Ways to Welcome English Country Decor Ideas into Your Home
232: 28 Life & Style Tips from a Parisian Woman (top episode of Season 5)
148: The Hygge Phenomenon & Living Simply Luxuriously (the 5th most-downloaded episode of all-time)
4 Simple Ways to Spring Forward
280: The Importance of Daily and Weekly Rituals & Routines You Love (12 Ideas to Incorporate Now)
279: 15 Life Lessons Learned during my First Year into my 40s
278: 14 Ways to Create a Happy Home
277: Winter in Paris — The 15 Essentials for Timeless Seasonal Style
276: The Art of Mise en Place
275: 34 Ways to Attain Emotional Freedom and Cultivate More Joy of Living
274: Quality Friendships = Quality Life
273: 12 Key Factors to Life-Long Physical and Mental Good Health
272: 8 Ways Tiny Habits Will Welcome the Grand Changes You Seek
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