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Here is a summary of the blossoms of this Peace Lily:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- First time: When I first bought the plant, it had blossoms<\/li>
- Second time: A few years ago, a blossom came, but it wasn\u2019t a healthy one already turning brown by the time it came into full bloom<\/li>
- Third time: The picture above<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
My experience with this plant reminded me of some things when it comes to creating the life we truly want and deserve. Here\u2019s a summary of my top 3:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. If you want something, you have to create the environment for it to happen<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For years all I did was water\nthis plant. I figured that sunlight and water was enough for the plant to\nthrive. I now realize that sunlight and water is enough for the plant to\nsurvive; thriving is a different story. Giving the plant the fertilizer it\nneeded was what provided the right opportunity for two blossoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s the same when it comes to our goals. Getting clear on your vision and creating a plan are important steps. Taking consistent action with the right mindset is where the magic starts to happen. The willingness to get uncomfortable and do things outside your comfort zone takes things to another level! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. You have to give attention to the things you want to flourish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Putting the fertilizer sticks in\nthe plant was one thing. Making sure that it got the water it needed on a\nconsistent basis in another. I\u2019ve been negligent with my plants at times, the\nPeace Lily included. Thriving is a lot more challenging when you\u2019re barely\ngetting the bare necessities, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If there\u2019s one thing I\u2019ve learned in making my goals a reality, it\u2019s that focus is the key. It can be so easy to get distracted or lost doing things that have nothing to do with creating the life we want for ourselves. When we get clear on our priorities and set boundaries, focusing on realizing our goals becomes much easier. When we\u2019re focused, we become aware and open to the opportunities that will get us where we want to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. Patience + Releasing expectations = Pleasant surprise<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I put the fertilizer sticks\nin the plant pot, I didn\u2019t have set expectations on when the plant would\nblossom. To be honest, I didn\u2019t have any expectations at all. The approach was\nmore \u2013 let\u2019s see if this works. I did commit to making sure the plants were\nwatered regularly and made sure I did. I was pleasantly surprised when the\nfirst blossom made its first appearance a couple of weeks ago. When I saw the\nsecond blossom, I was over the moon! I haven\u2019t seen more than once since I\nfirst bought the plant!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We can get frustrated with our\ngoals when we feel like we\u2019re not getting the results we expect from our\nefforts. There are going to be things that don\u2019t work out the way we want them\nto. Sometimes things are going to take longer than we want or expect them to.\nWhen it comes to our goals, the sooner we realize that things are going to\nhappen when they\u2019re supposed to, and not when we want them to, the better for\nour peace of mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I love having plants. I want to have a small vegetable garden this summer. I had a few plants last year and had some success and some let downs. I\u2019ve learned from \u201cfailures\u201d and will do better this year. I plan to continue to apply the lessons I\u2019m learning in my gardening adventures to my everyday journey so stay tuned \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My inspiration for this week\u2019s post is my Peace Lily plant. I\u2019ve had this plant for over 5 years and I can count on one had the number of times it has blossomed and still have fingers left. About a month ago, we were re-potting plants and I decided to give the plants some fertilizer. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1136,1137,1750,1748,502,1752,1751,1756,1755,1753,1754,537],"class_list":["post-3907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-thoughtoftheday","tag-cultivate-your-dreams","tag-cultivate-your-future","tag-cultivate-your-goals","tag-cultivating","tag-embrace-your-destiny","tag-garden-lessons","tag-green-thumb","tag-how-to-approach-life","tag-how-to-approach-your-goals","tag-lessons-from-gardening","tag-peace-lily-blossoms","tag-sandra-dawes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3907"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3915,"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3907\/revisions\/3915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harbirzinc.com\/sandradawes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}