Dead heading my roses

today, i went out front and noticed my rose bush needed dead-heading again.

you know , when you pick off all the old dead flowers so new ones can come in their place.

this bush is especially prone to making rose apples which are giant seed pods, the plant unknowingly puts extra energy into making the rose apples, and doesn't produce more blooms, the heads don't just fall off, they make huge seed pods and no new blooms come in it's place.

thus the need of assistance from me in dead-heading. if i keep up on it, it will have more flowers throughout the blooming season. flowers are Pretty, rose apples are ugly.

sometimes, like today a thorn snags my arm. it can be unpleasant but in the end, the pain is often forgotten. and the blooms continue to bring joy and beauty to my rose bush, and my yard.

while i was doing the deadheading, i was thinking about how this applies to life.

how often in life do we fail to deadhead the unnecessary, or dead parts of ourselves, focusing too much on things that won't pay off in the end?

whether it's continuing with bad habits, or keeping relationships that are constantly bringing us down?

if we'd let those things go, our lives would have more space/time/energy for the things that bring joy to our lives. making room for the beautiful blooms again.

sometimes cutting out the bad habits or unfortunate relationships in our lives that suck our energy, is hard. there are thorny spots. it might hurt for a time. but with time, the pain is forgotten. and we have new blooms to bring beauty to our lives.

sometimes it's hard for us to notice the things that need to be eliminated. (the rose apples.) those are the time sucks, or the unhealthy relationships. and we need assistance from a friend, or counselor to see what it is we need to quit focusing on or what we should be eliminating to let the beauty come back to ourselves.

AH. deep thoughts today

i've been considering deadheading the nectar (Dr.Pepper) from my life. it's chock full of unnecessary calories. makes me forget to eat and sometimes gives me the shakes. it doesn't even taste delicious like it used to. it's kind of lost it's luster. but it's one of those habits i cling to. the kind i rationalize because, well in the scheme of things, i could have habits that are considerably worse.

i haven't attempted to deadhead the nectar from my life wondering what habit will i replace it with? how hard will it be to give it up? what if i have headaches, or lack of energy from the missing daily caffeine? i need all the help i can get, i depend on it, to survive. anyway. logically this is one habit i could and should give up.

maybe i need a reward to get started. like saving all the money that i would normally spend on Dr.Pepper. and putting it towards something for me? like a maid? hmmmm. tempting. i bet we spend $50 a month on soda? i'll have to figure that trade out.

anyway. it was just a passing thought.

I'm scattered today. and need to move on. just thought I'd share. while the thoughts were fresh.

I'm gonna go scrub toilets now. i know you are jealous. and YES! that is my ultimate fave chore.

I'll tell you why, when i was a little girl/teenager. my Older sister would pay me and Maria to come clean her house. we each had a bathroom to clean , plus vacuum, and mop. and dust and whatnot. anyway, i loved to do the toilet. I'd pour in all the cleaning stuff (like a witches brew), mix it around with my magic wand(toilet brush) , let it soak, and whalah clean toilet.

i still like to clean toilets. i find alot of time to quietly think while making my witches brew and let it soak, plus it's one of those chores that no one wants to help with leaving me a few minutes alone to quietly reflect.

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