Pulling Emotional Weeds

Weeds: If You Don't Get The Root, They Just Keep Coming Up!

 

I worked in my yard most of this week pulling weeds.  Twice a year, I sprinkle weed tamer, ( I call it tamer because I don't like the word killer), and fertilizer on my grass as directed by the package it all comes in, and low and behold, up come the weeds.  This year was particularly weed fruitful, much like my life and the lives of so many.

Sometimes it feels very frustrating because every time I pull a weed, another one seems to show its tall neck as if to say, "Over here honey.  You missed it. Gotta dig a little deeper this time."  Some weeds are easy to pull.  They come up and are almost relieved to let go, easy to handle.  Others absolutely refuse to come out of the ground, showing so much resistance, that you need to dig them out with a sharp metal object.  They do not seem to be so relieved.  They are stubborn and fight to the bitter end. These are the weeds that stay low to the ground, not so detectable.  They really do want to just stay there and spread, hoping not to get noticed while relentlessly  taking over the healthy grass.  But once they are out of the ground, there is space for new healthy grass to grow.

 

When The Weeds of Life Overwhelm You, Be Easy With Yourself

 

Hmmm...where do you think I'm going with all of this?  You guessed it.  Life has lumps and bumps...and weeds.  Some are easy to pull, some take a little more digging.  I think we all know, if you don't dig up the root, they just keep coming back and they show up over and over, growing taller or wider by the day.

We all want the grass to be green and perfect, disease free, and full of luster.  But it doesn't always work out that way, no matter what we do or how much we try to control what is going on around us.  Be easy with yourself.  Pull a few and then rest in the grass.  Then dig up a few and rest in the grass.  And before you know it, your lawn and the way you feel when you lay down upon the earth will feel really wonderful.  You are loved and supported and the grass really is very green.

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