“So much about modern living assaults our senses. We’re buffeted by bad news, harangued with hurry . . . until we unconsciously pull down our awareness levels like blinds on a too-bright window. No wonder we forget to breathe deeply. No wonder we become half-blind, hard-of-hearing . . . hardened to the point that we can only discern the harshest of realities.

But a garden is a safe place to reverse the hardening process, to become more conversant with realities that are no less valid for being softer and more beautiful. The garden is a place of tenderness, of freshness, of joy and delight. The triumphs and sorrows here are on the scale of centuries, grounded in the eternal rhythms of the earth. Here, I find my numbed senses . . . coming alive again.”

~ Emilie Barnes (Contemporary author and gardener, in Time Began in a Garden)

Thoughtfully shared by Betty Hanselman

Gardener’s wife (& grateful for our garden’s restorative capabilities)

Can you relate to the sentiments expressed by the author in today’s quote? I can. But I have an “out”, and it is literally just outside my windows and doors. I only have to glance or step outside into the lush and leafy beauty around our home and I am revive–heart, soul, mind, and body! If your hectic, noisy life needs an “out”, please talk to us (717-653-1273). We are in the garden “restoration” business!