If you are in the mood for a little ‘spiritual gardening’ you might like to try to following exercise, in which you consider your life as a garden and see what emerges.
Start by becoming still and calm in the presence of God. Perhaps do a body scan or a breathing exercise.
Now review what is happening in your life right now, using whichever of the following questions you find helpful:
Where is there growth? What is blossoming? Where is there fruit?
What is fading or dying? What is on the compost heap? What needs to be put on the compost heap?
What needs to be pruned? Does anything need to be trained?
Are any areas overrun with weeds or under attack by pests?
What parts of your life need to be fed with fertiliser?
Have you sown any seeds recently?
Are there completely new areas you’d like to dig over?
Talk to God about what has come up in this time of reflection and entrust your garden to him.