Counselling for the Thorns in Life
This is the story of a Scarlet Firethorn bush.
Why write such a story?
It is a memorial plant for me of a life story.
A story that I want to remember.
A story that teaches me how dreams don’t always work out.
A story that I need to live by the life lessons it represents.
The shrub is also a tool for showing clients that beauty and pain are often intermixed. The Firtehorn has long, sharp thorns,
It will remind me to handle clients gently. Their pain may not be visible under the display of the nice life they show to the world.
Gardening: It Grows You
Gardening is good for the body, the mood and soul, or so they say.
What is it that makes Gardening so attractive for people? What makes it good for us?
If it is so good for us, what is it that holds us back from going out into the outback, our own wilderness?
How can we get over our barriers to creating our hideaway? our oasis of calm?