A few years ago I was hanging out with an Army buddy, at his modest but epic vineyard in the Barossa Valley, where he was creating amazing wine.
He was also so deeply immersed and knowledgeable in the process of wine making from the bottom up (the soil, plants, seasons, weeds, etc.), I was in awe.
This buddy also had some PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) issues he was working through.
One of the things I shared with him, was to consider solving ‘life’ issues (that were causing stress), by directing his attention the land and the vines – which he knows so intimately – and see how nature deals with similar ‘issues’.
This helps connect to the now, get out of a story, and see what the ‘reality’ is of the life cycle.
Like being reminded that you cannot control everything, like the weather, for example.
There are so many lessons that Nature shares, which can be applied to day-to-day life.
So the other day, as I was wandering around our lawn and pulling weeds, I had this thought…