Comments on: A Gardening Tale http://joydiscovered.net/2009/11/03/a-gardening-tale/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:31:21 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Jodi Sloane http://joydiscovered.net/2009/11/03/a-gardening-tale/#comment-983 Jodi Sloane Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:31:43 +0000 http://joydiscovered.net/?p=1363#comment-983 Hi Jakki, Thank you for stopping by! I hope you will be back! Wishing you much joy, Jodi Hi Jakki,
Thank you for stopping by! I hope you will be back!
Wishing you much joy, Jodi

]]> By: Jakki http://joydiscovered.net/2009/11/03/a-gardening-tale/#comment-982 Jakki Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:31:04 +0000 http://joydiscovered.net/?p=1363#comment-982 My first time here and I already like the feel...this speaks highly and to the heart of the matter for me... My first time here and I already like the feel…this speaks highly and to the heart of the matter for me…

]]> By: The Hum and the Buzz of a Great Community « Serendipity Smiles http://joydiscovered.net/2009/11/03/a-gardening-tale/#comment-980 The Hum and the Buzz of a Great Community « Serendipity Smiles Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:28:01 +0000 http://joydiscovered.net/?p=1363#comment-980 [...] happy to see my friend, Jodi, back this week (I nearly sent out an APB because I thought she was MIA) and with a great post on [...] [...] happy to see my friend, Jodi, back this week (I nearly sent out an APB because I thought she was MIA) and with a great post on [...]

]]> By: Jodi Sloane http://joydiscovered.net/2009/11/03/a-gardening-tale/#comment-979 Jodi Sloane Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:47:07 +0000 http://joydiscovered.net/?p=1363#comment-979 Hi Roberta, Taking a sabbatical is truly a gift--wow! I'm glad to hear you have enjoyed it so much. The class you're taking sounds interesting, too. And, to top it all off, you are writing a novel--yeah!! Wonderful, wonderful to know all of this! Best to you! Jodi Hi SuZen! Isn't that funny, there are so many things in life that are simple but not necessarily easy! Thank you for stopping by here!! xo, J Hi Roberta,
Taking a sabbatical is truly a gift–wow! I’m glad to hear you have enjoyed it so much. The class you’re taking sounds interesting, too. And, to top it all off, you are writing a novel–yeah!! Wonderful, wonderful to know all of this! Best to you! Jodi

Hi SuZen!
Isn’t that funny, there are so many things in life that are simple but not necessarily easy! Thank you for stopping by here!! xo, J

]]> By: suzen http://joydiscovered.net/2009/11/03/a-gardening-tale/#comment-978 suzen Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:01:29 +0000 http://joydiscovered.net/?p=1363#comment-978 Hi Joydi! Lovely plant and lovely analogy. I've always loved the "Bloom Where you are planted" thing. It is simple but not necessarily easy. Your post is a gentle reminder - thank you! Hi Joydi!
Lovely plant and lovely analogy. I’ve always loved the “Bloom Where you are planted” thing. It is simple but not necessarily easy. Your post is a gentle reminder – thank you!

]]> By: Roberta http://joydiscovered.net/2009/11/03/a-gardening-tale/#comment-977 Roberta Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:43:00 +0000 http://joydiscovered.net/?p=1363#comment-977 Hi Jodi Like the others I found this post true to my heart.I have been able to take this last year off for a sabbatical and enjoyed each day. I am presently taking a Biology course and find it very fascinating. It is all about our environment and growth. I am writing this very early in the morning, after which I have worked on my novel. It was soothing. Bedtime zzzzzzzz Thanks a bunch. xx Hi Jodi

Like the others I found this post true to my heart.I have been able to take this last year off for a sabbatical and enjoyed each day. I am presently taking a Biology course and find it very fascinating. It is all about our environment and growth.
I am writing this very early in the morning, after which I have worked on my novel. It was soothing. Bedtime zzzzzzzz
Thanks a bunch. xx

]]> By: Jodi Sloane http://joydiscovered.net/2009/11/03/a-gardening-tale/#comment-976 Jodi Sloane Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:00:26 +0000 http://joydiscovered.net/?p=1363#comment-976 Hi Evelyn! Your new site is wonderful and I can't wait to read what you post next! I know what you mean, though, about how it was difficult to leave the old one. Sometimes in order to change what we're doing we have to leave the structure of what we've done before. Kudos to you for taking your meditation retreat time and for coming back with this new plan--and having the courage to carry it through! Hi Lance! Driving to work through those country roads sounds wonderful! Maybe you save those drives so they will remain special and not accidentally become just as ordinary as driving through the city? It's so great that you are so mindful of the experience when you do it. I love it that you connect this experience to the bigger picture of your life. We could all use at least some fine tuning in certain areas! Hi Erin! Thank you so much for coming by here today! Thank you for yor comment! I like the vision of us all being here to sing our own unique song. Hi Jen! You are right, we are so fortunate to all be part of this network. The positive energy and support is palpable! Thank you so much for being here, and definitely keep up the good work with trying new things and exanding your horizons! xo! Hi Evelyn!
Your new site is wonderful and I can’t wait to read what you post next! I know what you mean, though, about how it was difficult to leave the old one. Sometimes in order to change what we’re doing we have to leave the structure of what we’ve done before. Kudos to you for taking your meditation retreat time and for coming back with this new plan–and having the courage to carry it through!

Hi Lance!
Driving to work through those country roads sounds wonderful! Maybe you save those drives so they will remain special and not accidentally become just as ordinary as driving through the city? It’s so great that you are so mindful of the experience when you do it. I love it that you connect this experience to the bigger picture of your life. We could all use at least some fine tuning in certain areas!

Hi Erin!
Thank you so much for coming by here today! Thank you for yor comment! I like the vision of us all being here to sing our own unique song.

Hi Jen!
You are right, we are so fortunate to all be part of this network. The positive energy and support is palpable! Thank you so much for being here, and definitely keep up the good work with trying new things and exanding your horizons! xo!

]]> By: Sharmila http://joydiscovered.net/2009/11/03/a-gardening-tale/#comment-975 Sharmila Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:58:31 +0000 http://joydiscovered.net/?p=1363#comment-975 Jodi, this post reminds me so much of my gardening experience this year when I was re-potting some flowers, and discovered the gross soggy soil.. oh it was disheartening! It seems, I often over water them and well my expertise is more with herbs.. but I realized that I tend to 'overcompensate' at times rather than give the much needed simple attention and love. I still have much to learn in the area of gardening ~even in the pots! Environment is so important! I love learning these lessons from stories like you shared for they stick with me longer, and help me to make some wise changes in my life! ;) This post challenges me to keep 'trying new things' as I've been doing lately and although 'it feels different' it is simply a growth spurt! I thoroughly enjoy networking with such a positive group - like your lovely self! :) The positive energies are vibrant, and contagious with love here! ;) Thanks for sharing! I always look forward to your posts, my dear! ~Jen Jodi, this post reminds me so much of my gardening experience this year when I was re-potting some flowers, and discovered the gross soggy soil.. oh it was disheartening! It seems, I often over water them and well my expertise is more with herbs.. but I realized that I tend to ‘overcompensate’ at times rather than give the much needed simple attention and love. I still have much to learn in the area of gardening ~even in the pots! Environment is so important! I love learning these lessons from stories like you shared for they stick with me longer, and help me to make some wise changes in my life! ;) This post challenges me to keep ‘trying new things’ as I’ve been doing lately and although ‘it feels different’ it is simply a growth spurt! I thoroughly enjoy networking with such a positive group – like your lovely self! :) The positive energies are vibrant, and contagious with love here! ;) Thanks for sharing! I always look forward to your posts, my dear! ~Jen

]]> By: Erin http://joydiscovered.net/2009/11/03/a-gardening-tale/#comment-974 Erin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:11:00 +0000 http://joydiscovered.net/?p=1363#comment-974 You speak to my heart. We don't thrive everywhere. Let us all find the place we thrive and sing our own unique song. Thank you. You speak to my heart. We don’t thrive everywhere. Let us all find the place we thrive and sing our own unique song. Thank you.

]]> By: Lance http://joydiscovered.net/2009/11/03/a-gardening-tale/#comment-972 Lance Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:36:27 +0000 http://joydiscovered.net/?p=1363#comment-972 Jodi, I LOVE this message! It's so easy to be the first plant - the one that is not thriving - and just keep doing the same thing. One thing I love to do is to take different roads on my way to work. And they all take me off the beaten path, and onto country roads. It's always deeply connecting to do this. It's just a road, but it's so much more. It's the "no traffic", and the slower pace, and the wildlife, and the fields, and the ponds. So - I love these other routes - and I do take them sometimes. Why not more, though? It takes maybe two minutes more to take the "scenic route" - and I do it only now and then. And that's one thing to do that while driving to work - and it can make a difference. The bigger thought here for me, though, is how much am I doing this with my "life"? How often do I not veer off the known path, and what am I missing because I do what is known? Jodi - as I leave here today, I am thinking very deeply about what this all means...thank you, my friend, for opening that door a little wider... Jodi,
I LOVE this message! It’s so easy to be the first plant – the one that is not thriving – and just keep doing the same thing. One thing I love to do is to take different roads on my way to work. And they all take me off the beaten path, and onto country roads. It’s always deeply connecting to do this. It’s just a road, but it’s so much more. It’s the “no traffic”, and the slower pace, and the wildlife, and the fields, and the ponds. So – I love these other routes – and I do take them sometimes. Why not more, though? It takes maybe two minutes more to take the “scenic route” – and I do it only now and then.

And that’s one thing to do that while driving to work – and it can make a difference. The bigger thought here for me, though, is how much am I doing this with my “life”? How often do I not veer off the known path, and what am I missing because I do what is known? Jodi – as I leave here today, I am thinking very deeply about what this all means…thank you, my friend, for opening that door a little wider…

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