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Seeds of Change

January 23, 2009 by Jeanne

Today’s post title is a double entendre…not only do I feel as if I am metaphorically planting the ‘seeds of change’ in my life now, but it’s seed starting time here at Seven Oaks. Just got emails from Parks & Burpee that all my vegetable seeds are en route (although the November Parks order is still missing!). I cleaned off the seed starting lights last weekend. John has to help me pull the trays and pots from the crawl space though – with the spiders and snakes around here, I am NOT going down there. And I think I’m going to move them all into the shed. At least the shed has windows so I can see what I’m touching. I’m shuddering just thinking about it. I hate spiders. I’m not phobic – I just don’t like them. I leave them alone in the garden but they are not allowed in my house!

So what are the metaphorical seeds of change? Well, unfortunately I lost a client this week and a client I had truly hoped to work with for several more weeks. I was really, really upset. I was upset because I didn’t think they got what they needed and I never want to leave anyone with work unfinished. But it was their choice to leave the relationship. The really odd thing about the situation was that just that morning during my prayer time, I was asking God once again to guide my business prospects. I put them into His hands daily. And suddenly, business that I thought was locked in was abruptly pulled out from under me. Once again I got the God breeze, the inspiration for a project that I believe He wants me to work on. It’s scary though. It’s something that will take time and generate no income for a while. But I keep getting the feeling He wants me to write a specific book. So I took about an hour yesterday to start writing it, and will do so again today. And I’m back to my freelance writing, the truly freelance stuff where I pick the topics.

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