Personal Meditation No. 15

“Time is a scarce commodity. You won't get back the time you live in fear. It is wasted.”

Embrace the Within.

Time is not, as Jagger sang, on your side. Time is more like Rucker sang. Regardless, time is a finite scale. And you don’t get any of it back. You can’t make time.

So, I thought it was time I started acting like it after all this time. Yesterday I did some scary things. I spent time toppling some trees and getting the garden work done after a rain-soaked weekend. I harvested a bunch of leafy greens for my consumption and worked on rethinking and replanning the garden.

The garden project started out of fear. I was afraid when the lockdowns started that food was going to be a problem. But that fear turned to something else. It didn’t remain fear.

My fear became a purpose. That purpose was becoming independent, becoming self-sufficient, becoming, free. If I can control my food source, then I can control a lot about my life.

So, this spring I started dabbling with all the things I could grow. Mostly I grew things I would eat and that would work around here. I’ve got a lot of seeds planted to see what comes up.

I am learning from the process about surviving and becoming sustainable. These skills allow me to, even if this operation is forced to move, start the whole operation again. And being able to start again from nothing as I already have is something that can’t be taken from me.

Fear might motivate your actions but it shouldn’t be a place to live constantly. Fear wears you down. Fear weighs you down. Fear makes you unhealthy.

We are all emotional creatures looking for logical reasons to justify the things we feel. Sometimes the logical reason for fear is not knowing. And the only way you can combat the fear of not knowing is by learning. Another thing we can fear is uncertainty. Again, learning can combat the uncertainty of the future.Another thing we can fear is uncertainty. Again, learning can combat the uncertainty of the future.Learning will free you from a lot of the fears you face.

So, how about you go learn something today? Learn a new skill, learn a new theory, learn a new thought . . . Just learn something. Learning is never a waste when the learning is something you can use.

I hope you find whatever you are looking for. Have the day you want.

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