Flowers

Watering the Flowers and Trees as Meditation Practice.

When you think about meditation, you might think about someone serenely sitting on her cushion with her eyes closed,soft music in the background, beautiful flowers on an altar, burning incense .

While this may be true, there are many other things that can be considered meditation.

My own meditation practice this summer has included watering the flower beds. In case you haven’t noticed,
we are having an incredible drought this summer, and I have spent hours watering to try to keep my flowers and trees alive.

Instead of being frustrated by what is happening, I have brought this activity into the realm of meditation practice.
The time I spend watering is time I get to spend outside in nature, being grateful for the beauty of the flowers,
listening to all the little bugs and birds, breathing in fresh air something we don’t get enough of these days ,
feeling the warmth of the sun against my skin, and smelling the scents of the mulch and flowers.

Occasionally I even have an erratic sprinkler that gets me pretty wet which is just delightful.