A Garden as a Metaphor for Love, Loss and Life

From the Heart with Rachel Brathen

Rachel Brathen

Society & Culture

4.7 • 5.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

We are all subjected to one ultimate truth of life: nothing is permanent. Plants, people, jobs, relationships, and homes – everything that surrounds us is fragile and fleeting. In this week’s episode, Rachel has been watching her garden be assaulted by lizards, dogs, white flies, mildew and a multitude of other challenges, and she is suddenly hit with the realization that her garden represents a metaphor for all of life. We may not have control over the eventual outcomes, but we do have a choice when we are faced with obstacles or opportunities. We can choose to show up and nourish the plants regardless of the hardships, or we can give up and miss out on the joyful process of the journey. This episode will remind you that the magic of being is found in the journey itself, not in the final destination. We cannot let the fear of pain, grief, or loss hold us back from doing what we love. After all, it’s the fragility of life that makes it so valuable. All we can do is immerse ourselves in as much life as we can while we are here. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to a brand new episode of the Yoga Girl podcast conversations from the heart.
0:10.0	I am sitting in my guest room right now drinking my second cup of coffee of the morning.
0:20.5	It is 9am and if I look outside, the sky is kind of interesting today.
0:26.2	We have a little bit of a hazy, cloudy morning.
0:29.9	It is like the day hasn't decided if it is going to be a rainy day or a sunny day, which
0:34.2	is rare for Aruba and beautiful for Aruba.
0:37.8	I love it when it rains here because we have, you know, every day is the same here in terms
0:43.8	of weather.
0:44.8	It is the kind of weather you really long for and ache for if you are in a part of the
0:49.7	world where it is very gray or cold.
0:53.0	You know, the sun shines pretty much every day over here.
0:56.8	But when you live in a place like this with this kind of climate, you start to miss the
1:00.6	seasons, right?
1:02.4	You start to miss transitions and change in weather.
1:07.0	So whenever we do have a little bit of a rainy day, it feels so different over here.
1:13.3	So I am sitting here right now with just the weirdest feeling in my body.
1:20.2	I am kind of happy and joyful and I am also feeling a little bit hopeless at the same time.
1:25.6	I don't know if I have ever felt this amount of hope and hope.
1:34.0	Hope and hopelessness in my body at the same time.
1:36.7	The sound you just heard was Lea Luna jumping up and down on the couch.
1:41.4	She is watching the jungle book.
1:43.0	She has never watched a jungle book before.
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