Your Mind Is A Garden
爱、幸福与宁静都是有感染力的。那些在自己心园里不断播种这些种子的人们，他们也会把爱、幸福与宁静种到别人的心里去。
Your Mind Is A Garden心如花园
1.\tSome time ago, Sofan and I were visiting some friends in the country. We were staying a beautiful little guest cabin, surrounded by fruit trees, flowers and even a few goats. Painted above the doorway in brightly colored, flowing letters were the words:
2.\tYour mind is a garden.
3.\tYour thoughts are the seeds.
4.\tYou can grow flowers or
5.\tYou can grow weeds...
6.\tLittle did we know it at the time, but this little poem was to have a profound affect both on our thought patterns as well as our Artworks.
7.\tIt started almost as a kind of game. We decided to make a real effort to watch our thoughts and see exactly what it was that we were planting in our own “Mind Gardens”. It was difficult at first, but gradually, we began to pay more and more attention to what thoughts were repeatedly flashing across our minds.
8.\tHow disturbing it was to discover that many of these “seeds” were extremely negative thoughts destined to grow patches of thorny thistles and stinging nettles in our daily lives!
9.\tWe gradually came to see how so many of the problems and difficulties we were encountering in our lives had their beginnings in the seeds of doubt, fear and anxiety that we were continually planting in our minds.
10.\tIt does take effort, but like anything else it gets easier with practice, and the amazing thing is, as we became more and more aware of these negative thoughts we are able to say:
11.\t“No! I will NOT plant this weed in the Garden of my Mind.”
12.\tI will consciously choose to plant something better. The results are truly spectacular.
13.\tWhen you start to consciously cultivate your own mind garden, you will truly be amazed at the changes which begin to happen in your life. Obstacles disappear, barriers fall away, and things that you once thou