Hello and welcome to five minutes in nature with me Liz Scott.
I'm slowly walking up a hill.
I've been away for a couple of days but I'm back here on the southern edge of Dartmoor,
Slowly walking up a hill and I'm slightly sheltered at the minute.
There's quite a strong southwesterly breeze and this hillside,
If I look up,
I can see very dark grey clouds and I would think showers accompanying them.
So I wouldn't be surprised if suddenly we have a short sharp shower,
Quite blowy today.
And I've been away up on the northern edge of Dartmoor so I'm back here on the southern edge of Dartmoor,
Having been away for a couple of days.
And I want to talk about a phrase that has been something I've been reflecting on over the past few days and the phrase is living from love,
Living from love.
And it's really been something I've reflected on and feels so aligned with my explorations at the moment.
And the last two days I've been staying on the northern edge of Dartmoor.
I took my camper van up with my husband and we were helping at a wedding and we were invited to a wedding of my nephew and we were just helping out,
Get them set up the day before.
In fact I was creating some flower arrangements so I was gathering wild flowers.
I just let you know I had permission of the the farmer whose hedgerows we were taking the flowers from,
He said that's absolutely fine.
So we were gathering these wild flowers myself and my sister who was mother of the groom and the mother of the bride.
So we were all out,
Older women,
Gathering wild flowers and it was such a special thing for me being out in nature,
Gathering flowers,
Feeling that sense of love,
Of wanting to create something for the bride and groom and just feeling that love of being in nature and the love for my nephew and his wife to be and just knowing I was in this wonderful creative journey of love.
It was my happy place,
I couldn't have been any happier.
So for me living from love was very easy there to see it in action.
Living from a place of love there was gathering flowers,
Being with people,
Connecting,
Creating something beautiful,
Being grateful for nature,
Thanking the flowers that I was picking and putting out,
Just feeling that deep connection.
It was really truly beautiful.
So that's a really easy example to see the phrase living from love and how it turns up.
And then the wedding itself which was yesterday and a very different vibe.
The day before I'd been dreamy,
Picking flowers,
Making lots of flower table arrangements,
Just feeling totally settled and reflective and in the zone.
It was kind of easy living from love when I was in that place.
And then the wedding itself which was a wonderful celebration of young people,
The young energy,
Good,
Good people.
People that I didn't know but almost fell in love with because of their kindness and their willingness to talk and their boundless energy.
Oh my goodness their boundless energy.
And again living from love was just being present to these people.
But of course you know with young people there's that moves on to the music and the laughter and the drinking.
I don't so I'm very aware of people getting more and more merry around me and then loud music starts.
And so it's interesting isn't it when living from love turns up slightly differently.
So I noticed that this wasn't now my comfort zone and living from love meant being in a place that was very loud with music and I couldn't hear people talking properly and I couldn't speak properly because it hurt my throat to try and talk above the music.
And so how did living from love turn up?
Well I had a few dances and then I really felt a deep,
Deep calling to go outside.
The wedding venue was in the countryside.
It was on a farm and I went for a walk through the lanes and as the music,
The bang,
Bang,
Bang of the music got quieter and quieter I could then start to hear the bird song and I leant over a gate looking at the sky and the sun,
The watery sun coming down through the clouds and just felt blessed to be breathing deeply,
Being in nature,
Hearing the bird song and having a breather from the wedding itself and the music and the energy and the loudness.
It was too much.
So living from love sometimes for me is about taking myself away.
It's tuning in to what's healthy and nourishing for me and I do that from a place of love and that too is living from love.
So today is just a reflection on living from a place of love and I'd love to know what that means for you.
Living from love,
Let me know.
And don't forget of course I'll be back again tomorrow with another Five Minutes in Nature.
