Aaah the relaxing sensation of a long, lazy weekend, basking in the hot easter sun, enjoying a cool, refreshing beer as I lean on my shovel and gaze at the cavernous hole that was once a little gravel and brick “feature” in my back garden…
I’m not a religious man, but I am thankful to whoever gave me this long weekend as a chance to recharge my batteries and begin the garden remodelling that will most likely be finished off by someone who knows about gardening.
Still, it was good to make headway on the obsolete feature. This part of the garden had been there for a long time, but had served little positive purpose, rather it annoyed me and made me wonder if I was capable of doing something about it. I’m not that skilled with practical projects, so I had ignored it. However with a long stretch of good weather in front of me I began to dig, loosening the compacted earth and shoveling the unwanted gravel and dirt in to the wheelbarrow. Once I got moving I found that it wasn’t half as hard as I had halucinated that it would be. And how had I set myself expectations without a comparitive situation? Sometimes it’s good to put aside assumptions and experience things through doing, as it turns out that change is usually a lot easier than we imagine it might be.
In addition to gardening, I managed to listen to some of Richard Bandler’s “Personal Genius” CD set. Misleading title really because this is a recording of Bandler doing his trademark changework, layers upon layers of metaphors, loops, embedded commands and lots more that I can’t detect. It certainly tranced me out for long periods which made digging tough at times, but it is certainly fascinating listening. The thing I like about Bandler’s recordings is that they are great for listening to whilst doing something else (except driving) because for the most part he’s not talking to your conscious mind anyway.
So, back to the grindstone tomorrow. Shirts ironed. Clean pants. If only Easter could last a few more days, especially when the sun is shining, even so I’m sure I’ll get back to my gardening when I return from work tomorrow.
