Farmer's wisdom - Re-post

In the present situation, many of my friends have spoken about a feeling of loss and helplessness. We all feel that way to a certain degree these days. However, feeling negative does not help and can never yield good results. I am sharing an old post and hope this helps.

Farmer's wisdom applied on the fertile land of mind...no big words just some basic thoughts...hope someone will find it useful and if it can be of use for even one person...my writing and posting will be meaningful...... I intend to share more similar basics that I dearly call the positive thinking nuggets for quick and easy consumption...please comment and share your thoughts...

Thinking Positive is like growing a crop.  You have to sow the seed of positivity in prepared soil of your mind. And as any good farmer will tell you that a seed needs water’s moisture and soils warmth to sprout into a sapling which will grow into a plant. But on that journey you will need to nurture it with care and Patience. Save it from bugs and moths and weeds. Raise it to its maturity then only you will reap the produce. The reward of all that persistence is immense and lasting.

The farmer toils patiently.......

On the other hand Negative thoughts are like the weeds. All the need is open land and they will start their parasitic growth; eating out of the resources that are supplied for the intended crop. They are unwanted, useless and damaging but still they come uninvited. No effort is needed to raise them, but effort is needed to pluck them from the ground that they do not consume the nutrients and make the soil infertile for the intended crops (positive thoughts) to grow. Weeds as any farmer will tell you are very resilient, too stubborn to let go even in the worst weather conditions.

A good farmer will make sure that the two actions are always given equal importance. 

First action is to nurture the crop with toil and patience. 

Second action is to conscientiously remove the weeds. And when these two actions are meticulously done the result is a healthy crop, good yield and a fertile land for more quantities of good crop.

• Now on the soil of your mind
• Sow the seeds of positivity
• Nurture the sapling continuously feeding good thoughts and examples for it to grow and become a reservoir of good positive thoughts. 
• Make sure that any negative thoughts are plucked as soon as they start spreading their nasty roots on the fertile soil. 
• Remember those will not only damage the goodness of the positive thoughts but also weaken the soil of your mind. 
• Do that meticulously and continually to ensure that you reap crop after crop of good thoughts and May God be with you always on your endeavor to cultivate Positive thoughts.

Posted as https://nuancesofbeing.blogspot.com/2013/11/farmers-wisdom-1st-nugget.html  on Nov 18, 2013