I am reading a book (that was given to me as a gift for retirement) called The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. As I felt extremely happy retiring, I did not feel inspired to read this book. Not to worry, I am still extremely happy but the book caught my eye.
The author is also a happy person but she does not feel that she is appreciating all that life has to offer her. She decides to take on a project with varying tasks and focuses each month of the year. There are several sections that really have awakened my spirit. One in particular was the month of May. The author talks about getting serious about playing. She describes a technique on how to find out what you really like to do, what really gets your tail wagging, is to think back when you were about 10 years old. What were you playing?
Well, lordy be, at 10 years old, I was planting grass and flowers in forests to add beauty to the land around me!!! That was one of my favourite things to do as a child. I would have a team of kids following me around figuring out where to do our next bit of guerrilla gardening.
Guess what retirement has meant for me? Guerrilla gardening!! I find such sense of joy and peace and serenity changing drab environments into brilliant colours of the rainbow. I feel such a sense of getting to know my neighbours and my community when digging in a garden. This is a picture of a portion of a 6 acre City of Richmond park where hubby and I volunteer. We have 3 large garden beds we take care of with love and pride! Man, did I ever land right where I was supposed to land! Think back to what you loved to play at when you were 10 years old! Can you "play" again?
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