🌱 The Sacred in the Simple: Garden & Gratitude Morning

Reverend Gin Bishop
Jul 5
2 min read

🗓 July 6, 2025 QFFC Pillars: Ananda (Bliss) + Chaitanya (Consciousness)

Link to the Blessing

🌿 A Gentle Invitation

There is a rhythm beneath the rush. A quiet frequency that pulses through soil, leaf, and breath.

And it is always available to us—if we slow down enough to feel it.

On this July morning, we invite you to join us in a simple act of sacred living:

Tend the land. Tend your spirit. Let gratitude be the harvest.

This is not a scheduled event or live gathering.

There is no Zoom link, no RSVP, no pressure.

This is a practice—a remembrance—meant to be done in your own time, in your own space.

🌞 How to Participate (Your Way)

Choose a patch of land or a plant to tend. It can be your garden, a potted herb, a tree you pass often, or even a weed peeking through concrete. Touch it. Water it. Witness it.
Be present. Let your hands be slow. Let your breath match the pace of the Earth. Let your thoughts soften and your senses awaken.
Offer gratitude. Whisper it. Think it. Sing it. Pour it into the water you give. Let it rise like incense from your heart.
Drink something sun-kissed. Brew a tea. Sip water with mint or fruit. Let it remind you of how life nourishes in the most subtle ways.
Optional: Read the Blessing Below You can speak it aloud, print it, or just let it echo quietly within.

🕊️ Blessing for the Morning

May the soil soften what has hardened in me. May the water quench what has long been dry. May the sun bless what I have planted, seen and unseen. And may I remember, in the most ordinary moment, that I am not separate from this Earth—I am part of her prayer.

🧭 Why This Practice Matters

This gentle offering nourishes two sacred QFFC pillars:

Chaitanya (Consciousness): By becoming aware of the life that surrounds us, we return to the present moment with reverence.
Ananda (Bliss): In slowing down, in tending and thanking, we find joy not as an achievement—but as a state of being.

💞 Soft Call to Action

If this practice nourished you, grounded you, or brought you a moment of peace, we welcome you to support our ministry through the QFFC Giving Circle. Your offerings help keep these sacred practices free and accessible to all.