Garden of the spirit

Welcome to the Garden of the Spirit. Here is your special place - a haven inside the heart that is your place of peace. It is a garden of tranquility where you can go whenever you like - whether in moments of great joy and exuberance or when you are feeling lonely and full of tears. It waits for you as a magic land that contains all you want and need at the moment you push open the door in its high wall and let yourself in.
There are rivers to walk by with grassy banks for weary limbs to rest on. There are still lakes surrounded by hills that reflect the blue sky and the wandering clouds. There are meadows filled with flowers and orchards filled with fruiting trees. Everything is there - even the sea shore with its long silver beach for you alone to wander on. Your bench is there to sit on.
Seasons wait for you. If you need the springtime it is there. If you need the cold crisp snow and misty breath of a winter morning that too is there. It is your paradise.
Into the garden of the spirit take those you love. They may sit with you and talk with you or just be there to watch. They are spirits too. Here in this special place you can tell them the secrets of your heart because you cannot be hurt and they cannot hurt you. You can speak to the spirits of those who have hurt you and be stronger than them.
There are moments in the daytime and there are long silences in the night when the door of the garden beckons - do not pass it be if you would be peaceful and content.