Most of you know I write a gardening newsletter a few times a month at Botany.com. Here is part of what I wrote yesterday and I think it applies to almost everyone
For centuries, gardening has helped people relax. That need is greater today than ever. We live in a rushed and anxious world that rewards distraction. Anxiety is worrying about the future. Depression is worrying about the past. I have always felt that the more I stay in the now, the further I move away from those feelings. Running and gardening both put me right into the present. I help myself get there by asking a few simple things.
• What are five things I see
• What are five things I hear
• What are five things I feel
• What are five things I am grateful for
These reset me. They force me to notice what is around me. They bring me back. Gardening does this naturally. It has for thousands of years. The stress of life has always been here. It just changes shape over time. People from a few hundred years ago would think we have it easy. Running water. Stores full of food. Phones that let us reach anyone at any moment. Information on anything within seconds. But stress is still real. It just looks different. Gardening and personal time have always been a way to find peace. They always will be.
One of the hardest battles now is connection. Technology started as a gift and turned into a fire hose. There is no off button. It creates a constant chance to compare ourselves to others. It pushes productivity and raises expectations higher and higher. Someone is always trying to reach us. The time with just you and nothing pulling on you has shrunk to minutes a day. That makes finding that time even more important. The garden has become that place for me.
I’m not sure what happened along the way that made us afraid to be alone and without headphones. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good podcast or some music when I’m running or gardening. Those can take me to a great place too, even be informational. Yet there’s no doubt you lose connection to what you’re actually doing. When I’m listening to a podcast while running, I can’t tell you much about the run. When I garden with something playing, I find myself just going through the motions.
This is fine in moderation, but it’s not being present, it’s an escape. Again, that’s ok, but it serves a different purpose.
The line test is one I like to use. If you’re standing in a long line by yourself, how long until you grab your phone? For most its minutes or seconds. Many people can’t even grocery shop or drive without talking to someone. I always wonder what’s going on in their mind that makes them think they can’t spend thirty minutes simply being present and observing.
This brings me back to gardening, it’s a great place to start that practice
Quote of the Day: “When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another—and ourselves.” — Jack Kornfield
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