Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.

- May Sarton

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Even though I wake to rain this morning, spring is here and it feels like one big happy pill. I notice straight away an arousal deep inside of me as I spend hours on my knees in the garden - cleaning out flower beds and pruning unruly shrubs. Come evening my body is sore in places that have been stagnate throughout the past winter months and I remind myself to slow down as there is no reason to hurry. I am here right now, and my job is to be present - to cultivate the sensations awakening within myself, and the garden.