The older we get, the more clutter seeps into our minds. The clutter may be birthed into existence as a new idea, an inspiration, a ray of hope, or a possibility of a brighter future. Then life takes over. The job takes over. The traumas of existing and past relationships take over. Family takes over. And that once beautiful seed — this singular ray of hope – gets stuck in “partially-grown” phase. Overtime, it gets forgotten, neglected, and abandoned. One day, the same thing happens: a new inspiration strikes like a brilliant light and once again, a seedling sprouts with abundant hope… only to be killed again; this time, not only life, job, and daily ritual, but from overthinking, guilt, overplanning (“what about my first idea? Shouldn’t I work on that first?”). This cycle repeats, with more sprouts, until one day, you have an entire field of weeds cluttering your mind, heart, soul, and spirit. It becomes so heavy that you crawl in bed, overthinking your overthinking, until you arrive to a singular conclusion: “I am useless… I can’t start. It’s too hard.”
People say to “Let go.” I don’t see the phrase “let go, let God” anywhere in the Bible. What if we re-think this and instead approach this as farmers. If Jesus just “let go” of us, we’d be finished. Instead, he tends and cares to us like his seedlings. What if we let go of the fear, anxiety, worry, angst, and simply start tending to the garden. Instead of thinking, what’s preventing you from acting. Instead of reading over your to-do list, how about read over one, and act on that one. Then repeat.
If you try this, and it magically transforms and renews your mind, please drop me a message