Have you ever been told to be grateful for the small moments in your life? The faint light from gardening is a small clue you can feel while putting in your garden or enjoying nature. They are abundant everywhere and can make a huge difference to your mental health. This is how you can find them!
When we talk about joy, we often talk about big moments in our lives. For me, buying a new home, growing up, publishing a new book, taking a vacation is a moment of joy.
But we often don’t talk about small moments. I mean these fleeting seconds.
Have you ever noticed a relaxed mood? We all know that we are highlighting us, but few people are tuned to understanding that we feel better.
Glimmer is these small moments in everyday life, giving us moments of peace and happiness. And when you get a lot of them, it has a huge impact.
I’m going to share with you how to identify all the amazing gardening glimmers that Glimmer and I regularly notice.
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What is Glimmer?
Glimmer is the small moment in life that will make you smile. They are the baseline of joy.
More scientifically, they are the opposite of triggers. The trigger is the moment when your nervous system cues to your alertness. A flight or fear begins.
Your nervous system is constantly unconsciously scanning your surroundings and cues. Your sixth feeling will scan the situation and people and let you know how to respond to you. You might find a trigger or hopefully a faint thing.
Glimmers are these micromoments that make your nervous system feel safe and relaxed. They reduce your emotional stress and bring you back to a more regulated state.
Glimmer can be as easy as humming while you work or smell freshly baked cookies. And they are much more subtle than the trigger, so it can be hard to notice.
Glimmers is a term coined by LCSW and psychotherapist Deb Dana. This is part of the Polybagel theory developed by Dr. Stephen Porges.
What is faint hunting?
Glimmers are all around us, but we don’t always see them. You may be in a bad mood, not realizing that you are falling cherry blossoms while walking to the bus stop.
We need to train ourselves to find the faint light. They can be predictable, as you know they smell like flowers. You bring joy or unpredictable because you didn’t know that a ladybug would land on you while you were picking weeds.
The best way to hunt glimmers is to be patient and open. Once you begin to identify these faint lights, you will begin to notice more and more.
Everyone has different glimmers as we all enjoy different things. For me, seeing the fuzzy Bumblebee makes me smile, but for others I was able to escape with fear.
Knowing your faint things promotes a sense of peace and allows you to connect better with others and surroundings.
Glimmers is a mental health game changer. They may be individually small and short, but together they become substantial. They often help reprogram the nervous system into a more gentle state, in flight or combat modes.
Gardening Grimmer
While in the garden you can find many, many glimmers. Gardening serves as an anti-trauma and healing activity. It keeps you away from the stimulation from the screen and the fuss, allowing you to take a deep breath and be in the natural natural remedies.
Here are some faint glow I got from the garden.
1. Watch the Earthworm Bus in the Rain.
2. Eat the first harvest of the season.
3. When a slight coat of frost covers the tree.
4. Crush the leaves in autumn.
5. Seeing the first tulips appear after a long winter.
6. Wash the dirt from your hands after a sprint in the garden.
7. The sound of the wind blowing in the wind.
8. Gardening with the person you love.
9. Blow the dandelion seed head in the wind.
10. Cook with ingredients from your garden.
11. A bee visits your bee house that you made just for her.
12. When beautiful volunteer plants bloom in your garden.
13. Sit alone on the patio and enjoy the view of the garden.
14. I’m awake late to see the stars.
15. Rainfall during drought.
16. Seeing strangers passing by praise your garden.
17. Pull the weeds and get the entire Dunroot.
18. Give someone a homemade gift and let them know that you made it just for them.
19. See the magic of tea with butterfly peas flower.
20. Run through the sprinklers on a hot afternoon.
21. Cut flowers from your garden and give them to someone else.
22. Slice the latest batch of soap.
twenty three. When your home plants grow new leaves.
twenty four. Freshly cut out herb smell.
twenty five. Gardening pajamas.
26. Visiting birds enjoying your feeder.
27. Make eye contact with the hummingbird.
28. A squirrel running along the fence.
29. The sound of a running water fountain.
30. Butterflies paying for a visit to your annual plant.
31. Drinking a garden cocktail outside.
32. Stop to a small seed library.
33. Discover new cold plant species.
34. Plant bulbs in autumn.
35. Relax in the bathtub after a big garden session.
36. Take rest when necessary.
37. Talk to your plants because they are part of your best friend.
38. When the tomatoes are ripe before the first frost.
39. Warm sun on your skin.
40. Amazingly strange mushrooms are grown.
41. The first sight of the seedling.
42. Eat fresh fruits directly from the tree.
43. Try out new recipes and they taste great.
44. Propagation of new plants.
45. Seeing the trees you plant will grow to be big and spectacular.
46. We will convey the love of gardening to someone special in your life.
47. When your seeds arrive by mail.
48. Sunflowers following the rays of the sun.
49. Learn valuable lessons about plant cultivation.
50. You can feel a deep connection to the garden space.
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