One of the best ways to lift your spirits is to plant a garden. Getting your hands dirty and caring for something beautiful and alive that grows is miraculously healing. First of all, feeling close to growing things is one of the best ways to ground yourself. It feels so peaceful to be out in nature, or even connected to it indoors.

As modern humans, we can go all day every day without touching the outdoors. Many of us spend no time at all with growing things, hunched over all day in front of a computer, then staring at a television screen all evening. No wonder we feel disconnected and lost so often!

Humans spent thousands of years constantly out in nature, growing food and harvesting plants for survival. Get back to your roots, and watch something beautiful start growing in your heart and in your life. You’ll feel so much better watching the flower you planted bloom, or biting into one of your very own juicy red tomatoes! Even putting a seed in a pot counts! It’s springtime, so let’s get dirty, and start a garden!