Menopausal Fall Gardens

What used to be organized, energetic, soothing, and inspiring has become dry, weedy, unkept, and overwhelming.

As life has progressed, no one tells you that the weight of the world would become so heavy. Your brain would stop wanting to do things. Let alone you'd be ALONE doing it. Community is a thing of the past. Even with different organizations, people don't stick around. Programs dissolve, volunteers get burnt out, and everyone wants you to do things for free. Well, free isn't free...even in a free country. We all pay eventually. Most devastatingly, the youth and their future will pay.

This must change.

Where does that change take place? Within our four walls, we create homes, families, and close-proximity communities.

Many say, "Let go if it doesn't serve you." What if it's "hang in there" until it's your turn to benefit? Is that a thing? Longevity? Commitment? Dedication?

Most things in life are disposable. Began with silverware, paper plates, and paper cups, but the earth pays for that in the end.

The disposal movement moved to family members (children, especially), jobs, so many products.... again, the earth pays. Our well-being pays. Then we wonder why and what happened. We give up WAY too easily and feel the need to push things out of the way and rid ourselves of the things that don't bring us joy. That's a wild thought. We'll get another spouse, we'll embrace another's child, we'll get another job, and we'll fix the earth later. Or take substances to make them dull in pain/anguish (drugs, alcohol, sugar, spending).

Later is now. Stop throwing life away. DO something. Make a change. Some days you're not going to feel like it. But guess what? Every mother (even Mother Earth, I imagine) wanted to sleep in and not do the chores some days. But what did she do? She rallied, got up even on her worst days, and did the things to make the world a better place.

How are YOU going to be an asset in your family and community today?

Where do you get your support from?

What will you do after reading this?

It takes one thing on a list to move—just one. Do the one thing. It'll be worth it in the end.

"Rome wasn't built in a day." - Li Proverbe au Vilain.

This is my love letter to my brain on a Sunday, during this heavy time of to-dos with little ambition.

Hopefully, it inspires you to weedy, commit, and complete the hard things today.

Off I go to Fall prep my life with love, grace, and clarity (as much as my brain will allow in this stage).

~ Brandi ~