Author: Theresa Riggs

It is a really windy (again) day in Pierre, South Dakota… too windy to plant the seeds I’ve been wanting to put out in our garden.  The seeds  I have chosen so carefully would be everywhere except where I want them! I have planned my garden well, selecting the types, colors, sun needs, height, spacing to grow just where I want them in order to enjoy a beautiful, successful garden.

Every day, we each plant seeds of thought in our lives to be grown, sometimes with little or no thought.  What are you planting today?  Will you allow the winds of apathy, anger, dis-ease, or unrest to spread your seeds in an unholy way? Today, make a sacred contract with your conscious mind to plant seeds of love, peace, joy, and wholeness right where you want them to grow, inside you, your loved ones, your community and the world! Lavish them with spiritual practices – prayer, forgiveness, gratitude, meditation, and watch them flourish.

My husband Doug and I are moving back to Texas, where I have lived nearly all my life.  We want to be closer to our families (at least most of them!) Doug, who has been in the food service business for most of his life, wants to open up a restaurant…an upscale diner, where people can gather and be nourished with good food, great service, and peaceful surroundings.  We are looking forward to this pre-retirement phase – can’t wait to find just the right place and get going!

 

I love the spring (and all the seasons)!
It is time to plant herbs outside, to savor those “outside on the patio” moments here in South Dakota, where the spring is just now popping out from the ground, bushes and trees.

With gratitude for God’s loving presence in my life, in constant awareness of my higher spiritual consciousness, I allow only those thoughts and words for myself and others that BLESS, BUILD, and HEAL!

This morning I’ve spent time just thinking about friends from Denton, TX, where I lived for most of my life, and was quite involved in my church, the schools and community. What a blessing to have wonderful people in your life that you know you can always count on, just like family.

almost the end of the year, and I just purchased new inserts for my day planner – yes, I still use an old-fashioned “write in it” calendar, that I dress up with highlighters, pictures, doodles, and colored pens! Those are simple things that bring me pleasure – inserting new photos of my sweet granddaughters, marking all the family and friends’ birthdays to celebrate, changing addresses from the recent plethora of Christmas cards, and breathing in the fresh hopefulness and potential that comes with all those lovely, empty pages that just beg for important notes and invitations!