Our thoughts are like gardens, and we must be careful what we plant and allow to be planted in them. Have you ever had so many ideas and thoughts that you couldn’t seem to organize them into a plan? You cannot plant beans, carrots, beets, and lettuce all at the same time, even though you may plant them all on the same day. Discipline requires step-by-step planning and step-by-step execution of the plan. Choose the produce that you want in your garden. Don’t plant just to plant, only plant what you want, unless there is a market or need for it. Take your time and prepare the soil. Research the best time to plant the produce that you want.
In order to know what is in your thought garden, you must examine your thoughts regularly. What grows in your thoughts will grow in your life. Advertisements are often designed to bypass our examination processes so that we decide to buy a product or service, without deciding consciously. Unexamined thoughts can easily take roots and grow. Before you know it, your mind and life are cluttered with things that you don’t want or need, and even sometimes things that are very harmful to us or others.
Envision your thought garden and your life as you would like to see it, not simply as a daydream or wish, but as a goal for which you are willing to discipline yourself to establish and carryout a plan. I often remind myself that wishing only works when work and discipline are applied to the wish. If we discipline ourselves daily, we will have successful gardening in this season in our lives. By the way, don’t forget to pull the weeds and water!