You Plant Seeds Everywhere You Go by Jody Johnston Pawel, LSW, CFLE
Everywhere you go, everything you do, each person you encounter, you touch --- somehow --- and leave part of yourself with them. These are the seeds you sow on a daily basis. If you are a parent, you are obviously planting and growing seeds with and through your children. If you have a partner or long-term committed relationship, you are constantly influencing each other. What kind of “garden” is your workplace? How healthy is that soil? What kind of seeds or nutrients do you contribute to that environment? Your friends and chosen community are by your choice, so they often are the richest gardens you grow, but you aren’t able to be with them as much
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as your family, so they often serve as nutrients for your soil. Your family has certainly planted seeds in you, some are visible and some not so much, but the fruit you bear often bears witness to your formative years. You also sow seeds in your internal garden, even when you aren’t around others, with your thoughts, emotions, and actions you take to care for your body (or not). So just how intentional are you about your seed sowing? What seeds are you planting? What seeds to you want to plant? Are you being intentional about nurturing the seeds you’ve sown?
Spring Splendor 2021
