Plant the Slim Seeds of Spring

(c) Elnur Fotosearch_k2904227

It’s December, just a few weeks to the new year.

But with just 3 turns of the calendar pages, it’ll be March . . . and March 19 is spring!

. . . and not far behind is Easter (March 31) and Passover (April 23).

THAT is how quickly the seasons will change.

Have you thought ahead about how you want your garden to look come spring 2024? If you have, you’ve already done the work because September-October is the best time for planting. You developed a plan of what you wanted to accomplish, how you wanted your landscaping to look, then you got the supplies and tools you needed and performed the actions (digging, seeding, nutrient feeding) necessary to get the job done.

Changing one’s body and health is much the same.

How do you want to look and feel in just a few months in the spring? You need a vision or plan of where you want to go and how you want your body to look. Then you need to complete the steps and put forth the effort daily to make it happen.

Dieting is like gardening in another aspect as well. 

Have you ever driven by a yard that was once lovely and filled with fabulous flowers, only to see this very same yard overrun with weeds and in a state of disarray? Maybe the owners got tired of taking care of their garden and no longer cared, or maybe someone new bought the house and was unaware of what was required for the upkeep of that yard. In either case, without continued proper care, it will not look as good as it could and will eventually wither and die. Gardening requires more than one day of simply planting bulbs and flowers. Once we see the landscaping we planned come to bloom, we know that to maintain it will require regular watering, weeding and trimming.

Same goes for your body. If you don’t do the work to build a healthy body and then continue performing the same healthy actions, you too may literally die on the vine. So, take a look in the mirror, then take a quick look in your fridge and kitchen cabinets. Are they filled with things that are going to hinder your progress, over-feed your body and cause you to die on the vine before ever blooming? If so, isn’t it time to do some spring cleaning?