{"id":1149,"date":"2020-03-21T17:49:56","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T17:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hopetheparentteacher.com\/?p=1149"},"modified":"2020-03-21T17:49:56","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T17:49:56","slug":"turn-to-the-wildflowers-to-lessen-your-anxiety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hopetheparentteacher.com\/?p=1149","title":{"rendered":"Turn to the Wildflowers to Lessen Your Anxiety"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wildflowers have captured my interest, respect, and awe for sometime.\u00a0 But after a recent visit to The National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site Alabama this admiration flourished further.<\/p>\n

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1942 was a time of uncertainty too.\u00a0 War shortages threatened the norm of living.\u00a0 George Washington Carver responded by publishing articles and bulletins.\u00a0 He starts Nature’s Gardens for Victory and Peace with the inspiring poem by Martha Martin called<\/p>\n

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The Weeds’ Philosophy<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Genesis 1:29<\/a>.\u00a0 \u00a0His point was that many wildflowers otherwise known as weeds are good to eat.<\/p>\n

According to the Bible, the flowers of the field can also teach us much about our own lives.\u00a0 For the purpose of this blog, I will focus on resisting anxiety.<\/p>\n

So many are ridden with worries of how COVID-19 is going to impact them.\u00a0 Will they survive it if they get it? Will their loved ones? Will they still have work?\u00a0 What is going to happen to the economy?\u00a0 These are valid concerns of which I believe merit processing.\u00a0 For my own family’s sake,\u00a0 I was inspired to turn to the wildflowers.<\/p>\n

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Reflecting further, I decide to ditch the usual homeschool curriculum in order to design a special field trip for my daughter.\u00a0 As with most instruction, the teacher learns the most.\u00a0 In this\u00a0Flowers of the Field<\/a>\u00a0lesson (photographed at the end of this blog) I challenge the learner to use two forms of art, photography and drawing to refine their observations skills.\u00a0 Both fall short of seeing the real flower.<\/p>\n

Technology has so many wonderful opportunities, but with all advancements it has its limits too.\u00a0 For the largest, it seduces us into trading virtual for the real experience.\u00a0 But I’m going to focus on some of the more subtle short comings. It keeps us indoors.<\/p>\n

On a related note, Richard Hobday included some interesting observations in his blog\u00a0Coronavirus and the Sun: A Lesson from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic<\/a>.\u00a0 Patients who were placed outdoors in the sun fared better.\u00a0 What he says has been echoed from Dr. Ryan McWhorter at\u00a0Alabama Functional Medicine<\/a>\u00a0who recommends getting outdoors for a least an hour each day.\u00a0 I\u00a0 think of how healthcare workers have no exposure to fresh air much less natural sunlight in their hazmat suits, high rise hospitals, and long stressful hours of work.\u00a0 How much of this contributes to their risk of infection?<\/p>\n

Back to the wildflowers. This lesson I wrote for my daughter helps you to experience the real deal and it also gets you outside.\u00a0 \u00a0But what I’ve found is that more than school age students have much to gain from it.\u00a0 Anyone who is struggling with anxiety and concerns about the future will benefit.\u00a0 \u00a0So whether you are homeschooling during this time or not, check it out.\u00a0 Go for a walk, observe, ponder, and most importantly, rest in the LORD Jesus.<\/p>\n

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Click\u00a0Flowers of the Field<\/a>\u00a0to download a Windows version of this to print and use with permission in any setting by the author, Hope Mucklow.\u00a0 And click The Weeds’ Philosophy<\/a>\u00a0to reflect on the wonderful and wise poem. #Anxiety #CopingwithCOVID-19 #OvercomeGAD<\/p>\n

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Wildflowers have captured my interest, respect, and awe for sometime.\u00a0 But after a recent visit to The National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site Alabama this admiration flourished further. 1942 was a time of uncertainty too.\u00a0 War shortages threatened the norm of living.\u00a0 George Washington Carver responded by publishing … Continue reading Turn to the Wildflowers to Lessen Your Anxiety<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopetheparentteacher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopetheparentteacher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopetheparentteacher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopetheparentteacher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopetheparentteacher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1149"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/hopetheparentteacher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1176,"href":"https:\/\/hopetheparentteacher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1149\/revisions\/1176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopetheparentteacher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopetheparentteacher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopetheparentteacher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}