Me: "I'm so overwhelmed."
Also me: "I want to expand the garden, get chickens, start beekeeping, bake my own bread, learn fermenting, grow cut flowers, and be completely self-sufficient."
One of the things that is promoted in the current age and celebrated is going faster and faster. There are some things a machine cannot do. It can be exhausting, stressful, and discouraging.
This image made me laugh; then, it made me think. There is something in us that longs to grow, build, and create things that take time. Sustaining life happens with the humble labor of human hands.
That labor is sometimes hard. When there is abundance you get to save it and share it. I find it interesting that the pickled things so many cultures have made staples of the local culture and diet are being affirmed as "good for the gut" in a season when so many suffer. It was adopted as a way to store food and eat through the winter.
In the mayhem of May, the need to slow down rises. Plant the gardens and the crops, celebrate moms and graduates, attend weddings, anniversaries, and remember on Memorial Day. Some holidays are double-booked with other events. We crave porch and patio time. We long for simpler times. This scripture is easy to memorize and is the perfect mantra for May.
"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens." Ecclesiastes 3:1
Slow down when you can. Keep a list for the "someday" things. On my list is making butter.
Today, I am grateful for reminders to slow down.
No comments:
Post a Comment