The Power of Nature
Our hearts know
Photo Credit: Anne K Scott
Irritability and frustration are regular companions, when stirred they scratch like a briar across the consciousness of my frontal lobe tearing up my emotions and fanning the fires of dissatisfaction.
Over the years I have learnt it is in me to shift the power and no matter how hard it may seem the easiest thing always is to go somewhere green. To find a place where I am surrounded by nature doing its thing, where anything my small mind can latch on to is so irrelevant as to be laughable.
One late Spring I remember, taken leaden steps to the kerchief of green at the top of my road. I wasn’t sure it would be enough, this pretend wildness in this rather sedate of neighbourhoods. I wasn’t expecting too much awesomeness and I definitely wasn’t expecting the rush of joy I experienced when I saw the avenue of Horse Chestnut candles - a breeze of kisses on the wind to blow my cobwebs away and nourish my heart.
When I got home I was inspired to check out if the horse chestnut, Aesculus Hippocastanum, has any medicinal properties. It turns out that the chestnut bud Bach Flower remedy is prescribed for those who fail to learn the lessons of life, who find themselves repeating the same mistakes over again. A sobering thought but it leaves me grateful for my heart that ensured that I received the remedy I needed.
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