Find Your Middle Ground

Haiku – clearing our garden

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Find your Middle Ground

Tend to your inner garden

Clearing takes some time

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Every day I seem to wait for it to a little cooler and drier so I can spend time clearing away the weeds that seem to have sprouted overnight in my garden.

The forecast calls for cooler temperatures and lower humidity over the next few days. I will celebrate by setting aside plenty of time to clear in a purposeful mindful way.

Tending to our outer garden and inner one are very similar. Are you putting off time to find the right moment for meditating, reading inspiring words or attending a yoga class?Are you being sidetracked with the weeds of drama and social media?
The busyness of life and the weather can get in the way.

Remember we have control over one of them.

Tend to your inner garden and set aside time to Find Your Middle Ground.

30 responses to “Haiku – clearing our garden”

  1. IreneDesign2011 Avatar
    IreneDesign2011

    Thank you for being inspiring, Val 🙂
    I like your comparing here.
    Enjoy your garden. Here we have had up to 47 C. in the last days and it continues for a while yet.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you Irene for your kind words! I hope the weather has become much cooler for you. Thats a lot to handle without air conditioning ❄️

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      1. IreneDesign2011 Avatar
        IreneDesign2011

        Thank you Val. Today it is not quite so warm, only 34 C. which I enjoy much. The coming days will be mixed. I have a ventilator to the most warm days, which helps a little 🙂

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        1. Val Boyko Avatar
          Val Boyko

          September will be here soon … 🙏

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          1. IreneDesign2011 Avatar
            IreneDesign2011

            Yes, you are right ❤

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  2. Mark Lanesbury Avatar
    Mark Lanesbury

    My weeds have flowers too…and wild animals…and even the occasional call from out of its wilderness 😀
    But ok, I’m still tripping over the overgrowth, I suppose a balance must be found 😀

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      its all about balance Mark 😊 … and what helps each of us be centered and at peace.

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  3. moonwatcher51 Avatar
    moonwatcher51

    Good advice. I will make time. I’m feeling scattered. Focus. That should calm the flood of ideas.

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Pausing and centering is always worthwhile. I hope you found what you needed to find 🙏

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  4. Jim Borden Avatar
    Jim Borden

    great analogy; time to do some gardening…

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thanks Jim! I hope it was a productive weekend 😎

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      1. Jim Borden Avatar
        Jim Borden

        it was; there’s always a nice sense of accomplishment after doing some yard work!

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  5. Jill Weatherholt Avatar
    Jill Weatherholt

    Great haiku, Val! I have some major inner gardening to do. ❤

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you Jill❣️

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  6. Carrie Cannady Avatar
    Carrie Cannady

    Val, I love the link between inner and outer garden. So very true…as I contemplate some Autumn projects. I wonder what awaits. 🙏🏻

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  7. Jet Eliot Avatar
    Jet Eliot

    I really like the analogies here, Val. Thanks so much for the wonderful reminders of how to keep our inner garden flourishing.

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  8. nrhatch Avatar
    nrhatch

    Here’s to tending our gardens!

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  9. Sue Dreamwalker Avatar
    Sue Dreamwalker

    So understand the humidity problem Val having just finished so much decorating the last few weeks, Last week the bathroom and kitchen we completed and sweat dripped off us..
    The Garden plot we managed to do early in the mornings before the heat got too great..
    Sometimes we all put off what needs tending, but the rewards of the effort once you dig in are worth it both inner and outer 😀

    And I too have loved the time set aside for my Inner Garden… I try to tend that daily 🙂

    LOVE and well wishes Val..
    Enjoy your weekend and your outer garden!!..Your Inner is well tended my friend ❤ ❤

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Ahh thank you dear friend! I’ve tackled the front garden and am now about to start on the back. Friends coming over on Sunday is a great incentive for clearing. Sometimes we must embrace the external to ignite the internal too.
      Have a lovely weekend 💕

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      1. Sue Dreamwalker Avatar
        Sue Dreamwalker

        Yes, I so understand, we swapped gardening for decorating… Much prefer the Garden!!! 🙂 Enjoy your weekend with friends 🙂 we have a family day out tomorrow Sunday 🙂 ❤

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  10. derrickjknight Avatar
    derrickjknight

    Indeed

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  11. smilecalm Avatar
    smilecalm

    smiling to those weeds
    for their resilience 🙂

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thanks for the smile David 🙏

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  12. Chocoviv Avatar
    Chocoviv

    Inner calmness

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Yes indeed. Thank you Choco 💛

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  13. Hariod Brawn Avatar
    Hariod Brawn

    Bamboo bamboozles
    The light seeking needy weeds
    Helping Val’s wee knees

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Smiling in appreciation of this haiku and you’re visit this weekend. Thank you Hariod. Hope life is treating you well 💛

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  14. Vicki Flaherty Avatar
    Vicki Flaherty

    I love the juxtaposition of the outer and inner garden…it’s easier to see the weeds in the outer garden, although the weeds in the inner garden have a way of prickling me to feel them…Thanks!

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    1. Val Boyko Avatar
      Val Boyko

      Thank you Vicky 💛Love the idea of prickly weeds in our inner garden getting our attention!

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  15. dalegreenearts Avatar
    dalegreenearts

    I miss my garden. Thank you for sharing.

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My name is Val Boyko, a dual citizen living near Philadelphia, originally from Scotland.

This blog came to life one morning in 2013.  I woke up with these words in my mind:  “Life is a series of highs and lows. Be grateful for the highs. Be graceful in the lows. And find contentment in your Middle Ground.”

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