To 'Be in the Now' is something I have read about so often on my journey towards inner healing. I think I realised the importance of this when I first went for counselling many years ago and was asked 'what goal do you hope for?' The question threw me, I thought I just wanted to feel better. I realised it was so much more than that, yet my longings seemed unrealistic and therefore unachievable. After considering for awhile I answered that I would want to be able to sit in a chair for up to five minutes and feel at peace. This seemed a mountain of a goal at the time, now it is a speck compared to the gifts of healing I have encountered over the years.
Being in the moment of 'now' is the underlying goal and work that permeates my life journey. I would like to share the beautiful happenings that give me the gift of returning to the 'now' when I am somewhere in the past or the future filled with anxiety and dread. So......... What are these happenings? Little by little I will describe my experiences.

Sunday, 28 April 2013

Smiling Lavender

Lavender is well known for having healing properties, the essential oil being used for physical and emotional injury. I live on a windswept island with a cold climate and for years I have planted Lavender plants during the warmer months then felt sad as they are not able to survive the winter. It is not only because of the cold, after all the Lavender fields of France and Norfolk survive the harshest of winter frosts. Being in a Northerly location means that the winter is dark, around the time of the winter solstice there is no brightness from the rays of the low sun which rises above the horizon for only a couple of hours a day.
Last summer I thought that I would try planting Lavender seeds and, if they grew, keep them indoors. When they eventually peeked out from their earthy bed I was delighted. They grew well and the leaves enticed me to touch as their wonderful aroma scented my fingers.
Winter came and the light faded daily until in December there was only twilight and darkness. I was sure that the Lavender would lose its will to continue growing. How wrong I was! The growing slowed until March when I noticed new shoots. imagine my surprise when I realised that there were tiny flower buds forming. 

 I can still hardly believe that the Lavender is flowering in this location. Everyday I watch more buds appear and others open to greet the world. I think that because I am aware of how unusual it is for Lavender to grow here, let alone flower, I am even more amazed by the beauty. 

 On my previous post I mentioned receiving an Earth Gift and discovering I had a Choice Point. Today, as I write, I want to share how the flowering Lavender has also given me a choice. The seed/plant has chosen to grow in the toughest of enviroments, even chosen to celebrate by producing heavenly scented flowers. My choice point is to acknowledge that in the darkest places of life experience I have the potential to continue to grow, to use the skills I am learning and share with the Lavender in the acceptance of the gift of life. Once again I am experiencing an encounter with healing as I watch nature's energy unfurl.

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