| The Quest for Significance | | | | can, with conscious effort or with |
| | | | playfulness, select the accents that they |
| People are looking for ways to add | | | | like-decor that speaks to their dreams and to |
| significance, peace of mind, a quality | | | | their soul. With this in mind, look at the |
| experience, and an escape from the "rat-race" | | | | different products that are sold and select |
| in their lives. Stated differently, people | | | | garden accessories that help elicit childhood |
| want to add depth and meaning to their lives. | | | | fantasies. Examine the different garden |
| One way to accomplish this, it is asserted, | | | | accents and choose ornaments that speak to |
| is to make or purchase decor for your garden. | | | | your inner self. |
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| Make Your Garden Unique | | | | Let Your Personality Shine Through |
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| Garden decor, along with things related to | | | | Garden decor helps calm the spirit, soothe |
| gardens, provides a return to nature, a sense | | | | the soul, and delight the senses. By letting |
| of spirituality, and a return to the earth as | | | | your individuality shine through as you |
| people journey on their quest for | | | | select your decorative accents, you will |
| significance and ultimate meaning. Moreover, | | | | transform your garden into one of the most |
| through the use of decorations, gardeners | | | | meaningful experiences in your life. The |
| reveal their quirks and shortcomings, their | | | | challenge is to capture moments of wonder, |
| wit, their creativity, and their desire to | | | | joy, and inspiration and experience the |
| make their gardens unique. | | | | lasting pleasures of beauty and the splendors |
| | | | of nature by decorating your garden in a way |
| Transform Your Life | | | | that is congruent with your noblest thoughts, |
| | | | feelings, and aspirations. |
| Gardens and their ornaments are symbols of | | | | |
| enchantment, of mystery, of meaning, and of | | | | Your Garden Sanctuary |
| ultimate being. Another way of looking at | | | | |
| this is to see that gardens and garden | | | | Strive to decorate your garden with ornaments |
| accents provide the power to transform one's | | | | that magically call you to return to your |
| mood and one's life. To be sure, garden | | | | garden sanctuary. Look at different garden |
| accessories can become symbolic reminders of | | | | products and decide on decorations that |
| life's blessings as they encourage people to | | | | motivate you to tap into your playfulness or |
| enrich their surroundings by transcending the | | | | into your artistic bent as you contemplate |
| mundane. | | | | how you will decorate your garden. In a word, |
| | | | you can add richness, depth, and a sense of |
| The Gardening Imagination | | | | discovery to your garden with different |
| | | | garden ornaments. |
| Garden ornaments help people take an active | | | | |
| stance in their lives by enabling them to | | | | Summary |
| create a niche in the world that is in | | | | |
| concert with their values and their dreams. | | | | In conclusion, garden decor is significant |
| Indeed, it is this "gardening imagination" | | | | because it is an invitation for people to |
| that provides people with the opportunity to | | | | open themselves to the magic, to the wonder, |
| select meaningful objects that speak to their | | | | to the meaning, and to the pleasure that |
| senses, to their experiences, and to their | | | | gardens and garden related accessories can |
| lives. | | | | bring to their lives. |
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| An Invitation to Add Garden Decor to your | | | | Copyright 2005 - Denny Soinski. All Rights |
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| | | | reprint this article as long as you leave all |
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| as invitations for people to experiment and | | | | in any way, and give the author credit. |
| let their imaginations run free so that they | | | | |