Comments on: A Gardener’s Gospel – Week 5 http://www.veitchsmith.com/2008/02/10/a-gardeners-gospel-week-5/ articles on Christianity, lifestyle and more... Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:03:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Fiona Veitch Smith http://www.veitchsmith.com/2008/02/10/a-gardeners-gospel-week-5/comment-page-1/#comment-194 Fiona Veitch Smith Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:35:06 +0000 http://www.veitchsmith.com/2008/02/10/a-gardeners-gospel-week-5/#comment-194 The problem is, when we're working so hard we barely have time to notice the single daffodil. I'm waiting for my first one to bloom for the season - I'll let you know when it does. The problem is, when we’re working so hard we barely have time to notice the single daffodil. I’m waiting for my first one to bloom for the season – I’ll let you know when it does.

]]> By: Endlessly Restless http://www.veitchsmith.com/2008/02/10/a-gardeners-gospel-week-5/comment-page-1/#comment-193 Endlessly Restless Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:18:23 +0000 http://www.veitchsmith.com/2008/02/10/a-gardeners-gospel-week-5/#comment-193 I think that it's essential to extend that grace to yourself. After years of beatingmyself up - working ridiculous hours, on every committee at church etc etc - I realised that I needed space. So I took it - with absolutely no regrets. the result - more happiness and better quality in the areas where I concentrate my effort. One final thought - even a single daffodil is beautiful if you look at it carefully and with a sense of awe and wonder. I think that it’s essential to extend that grace to yourself. After years of beatingmyself up – working ridiculous hours, on every committee at church etc etc – I realised that I needed space. So I took it – with absolutely no regrets. the result – more happiness and better quality in the areas where I concentrate my effort.

One final thought – even a single daffodil is beautiful if you look at it carefully and with a sense of awe and wonder.

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