The landscape of our homes
Taking this one step further John O’ Donohue, author of Annam Cara: Spiritual Wisdom from the Celtic World, says, “The landscape has a huge influence on shaping the rhythm of mind and perception. Celtic spirituality had a recognition of nature as the theater of divine presence … [it was] where divine presence articulated its imagination.”
In landscape, and in shaping the landscape of our homes or our lives, we have opportunity to express ourselves as made in God’s image, to articulate our imagination. There seems to be no limit to the gardens we may create: container gardens, rock gardens, kitchen gardens, children’s fairy gardens, shade gardens, organic gardens, and so on. Whatever we call it, a well-defined landscape can feed the soul as surely as it can add curb appeal—and, my Realtor tells me, 15 percent to the selling price of a home.
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