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WEEDS are like…

Are weeds in our world a necessary part of our physical and spiritual development at this point in time. What? Why? It can’t be! That’s crazy, isn’t it? What is the lesson in all this?

However, let us look at it from this perspective - aren’t negative thoughts like weeds, they grow strong and develop deep roots in our minds. Therefore, usually making them difficult to eliminate at will?

Then after a good rain, even some big weeds are relatively easy to pull out – roots and all. Holding onto the base of the plant and firmly but gently pulling will dislodge them from their place in the earth.

So, negative thoughts become more easily dislodged too with a positive change of attitude. Even the strong, rooted negative thoughts; can be let go from our minds and hearts. It will take a firm desire and loving nudge, but they can be eliminated from our thought patterns. With prayer and divine help we can become a better spiritual being while living here on earth. Just as we were when we began this life’s journey, we all must learn to return to that place, eventually.

So, even if weeds may always be in our world, they can be a positive reminder that we also need to continually uproot the negative thoughts from our lives.  This is a continual process throughout life, and those weed plants will also be there to remind us of our true purpose.

We need to know which plants are beneficial to our existence and those that are not. As even some weed plants are not actually bad, only thought of as such. Therefore, even this is a process of learning that we should address in our lives.

There are also those plants that are not weeds to us, that from time to time need to be taken out of their places, so as to let other plants flourish. So, it is for people to understand that sometimes, positive actions and assistance needs to be withheld for others to develop strengths and talents with divine direction, not ours.

If we feel that weeds are just bad, then we haven’t yet learned the real purpose of everything that exists – as everything here on earth is here for a divine purpose.

It is our responsibly to learn from those weeds that are in our lives. And, as we learn those lessons, we will see why they were necessary for our spiritual development. We must remember that our lives are to be lived with joyfulness, not despair. Weeds will be removed when the purpose for their existence has been accomplished.

As the gardener would comprehend that when the unnecessary plants are removed from their places, the area being worked begins to show a new radiance not seen for sometime. A clean, fresh start to what was a tangled mess. Everything left standing regains its place and can reach out to the source of light and become strong and healthy once again.   This revitalizes not just the plants, but the gardener as well.

So stay strong and believe that good does prevail. To everything there is a purpose and lesson to be learned.  It is then that we move on to the next step.

Weeds are like... 

a collection of thoughts by Darlee Byron

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