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A Thirty-Day Reflection Journal
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for the work of tending the garden of yourself
Volume 10 of 12
Thirty short stories on boundaries, drawn from many traditions: Buddhist parables, Stoic letters, Cherokee teachings, Sufi tales, Hebrew wisdom, and modern psychology. Each one is paired with a small educational reflection and a question to write about. This journal is for those who give too much, say yes too quickly, or carry what was never theirs to carry. Boundaries are not walls; they are the hedges that mark where one garden ends and another begins. They are how a kind person remains kind, instead of becoming exhausted, resentful, or invisible.
Drawn from
Buddhist, Stoic, Quaker, Korean, Welsh, Native American, Japanese, English, Modern Psychology
A Sample Story
In the old English countryside, the boundaries between fields were marked not by walls but by hedgerows — living lines of hawthorn, blackthorn, and hazel that grew up over centuries. The hedgerow did not announce itself. It did not threaten. But it held. It sheltered birds, slowed the wind, fed the soil. It marked one farmer's land from another not with hostility but with quiet, living presence. A good boundary in a human life works the same way. It is not loud. It is not cruel. It is simply the place where one person ends and another begins, alive and tended.
A Reflection
Boundaries do not have to be aggressive to be effective. The most durable ones are quiet, consistent, and almost invisible — felt more than announced.
For Your Journal
Where in your life is your hedgerow ragged or missing? What gentle, living boundary could you tend back into shape?
What's Inside
30
Short stories from many traditions
30
Educational reflections
30
Journal writing prompts
34
Beautifully designed pages
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A few honest words: This journal is not therapy. It is not a substitute for medication, for a doctor, for a therapist, or for the love of people who know your name. It is a small companion for the moments in between.