Comments on: The Weed

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deer hunting dvd — Thu, 20 May 2010 18:30:43 +0000

Wow, this was a truly quality post. In theory I’d like to write like this too – taking time and actual effort to make a good article… but what can I say… I procrastinate alot and never seem to get something done.

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:10:14 +0000

I like this. No I don’t have a better one…I’ve been stumped on some issues and your post addressed my inner and outer weeds. (now there’s an image) I hoped you had some insight on what might help. I think you’re right. While it’s true that weeds will die if starved of water and attention, so will the rose next to it. So (thinking out loud) by flooding my inner weeds with just as much attention as I would my roses, I have a chance to really see them clearly and root them out. Hmmm. I like your perception! Thanks.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:23:22 +0000

@ Jane: Ahhh, I love reading your writing.

Perhaps overwatering a weed to root it out is like analysing and questioning negative thoughts/perceptions/beliefs to disempower them, to weaken their hold and make it easier to remove them from them your mind. If you ask yourself enough questions about beliefs that hinder you, you will begin to see the flaws in their logic and this will weaken them by the roots and loosen their hold.
True, you are giving them lots of thought, like giving a weed lots of water, which normally will strengthen a thought or belief, but this kind of analysis and questioning will break down their hold in your mind and allow them to be removed without harming the roses.

Do you have a better one?

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:36:09 +0000

I’d been putting it off. The nettle(s) in our rose garden. There were two. Last time I looked they were an inch tall. I think that was yesterday. Today they were nearly as tall as I am, and far too close to the rose roots. I worried they’d be entangled and I’d tear out the rose roots too. When did I stop paying attention? How did so much time go by? I overwatered the weeds in the hope the roots would be so ‘open’ and full that they wouldn’t grip as tightly as they do when the soil is dry. It worked. No harm to the roses. What I wonder is this: what would be the equivalent of ‘overwatering’ thoughts/ideas/perceptions I need to root out? What do I need to do to make those roots free enough to let go? (I’m serious.)

Obviously I loved this post, and thought you might have some ideas. :)

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:15:41 +0000

Yes, it’s often the little things that happen that seem to give us the most meaning. Perhaps it’s because the details are often more important than the big stuff. Or at least that’s the way I like to see it. Glad you got some things to think about. Thanks for stopping by.

By: Travis

Travis — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:18:33 +0000

That must’ve been a heck of a weed! You provide some good food for thought here, and honestly, you seem to think like I do. I pick up thoughts and inspirations from the littlest things, (in this case, you fighting the weed) that seem to stick with me. Sometimes it’s these minor things I see or do that really remind me of what’s important…

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By: Ketchem

Ketchem — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:17:37 +0000

Guter Post. Positives Denken und Lösungsorientierung ist bestimmt die bessere Einstellung. Ich began schon vor einigen Jahren mich mit diesem Thema auseinander zu setzen und meine Einstellung zum Leben zu ändern. Manchmal gelingt es mir ganz gut und manchmal falle ich in alte Denkmuster wieder rein. Ich merke trotzdem einen großen Unterschied in meinem Leben – obwohl manches noch immer nicht so ist, wie ich es mir wünsche, bin ich viel glücklicher als vorher.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:33:57 +0000

Thanks, Michelle. I find the metaphor of a garden extremely powerful. The concept that we can indeed define and design our experiences through the cultivation of our thoughts and mindset is very empowering. I think we often get lost in the events happening around us and forget (or have perhaps never learned) how much we can influence the outcome of these events merely through our interpretations and mindset. Naturally, working with horses can really offer you the chance to see events and the world in general through their eyes and gives you a whole new perspective. Having any new perspective immediately gives you a bit of distance from your own and also then the chance to examine it and see if it really serves your purposes or not.

Here’s a nice post about changing mindsets: http://tracesuccess.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/changing-your-mindset/
I haven’t read this blog very often, but maybe I’ll start giving it a read more often.

Thanks for keeping up on my blog.