Q. How has Frances Hodgson Burnett’s legacy as an author imprinted on you, generations later?
A. Today, I’m a speaker, writer and heart cultivator with a soul full of sunshine who’s on a mission to help others flourish.
That’s because not long ago, I looked down and discovered that my life had become an over-planted mess that was choking out my relationships, creativity and purpose. I was irritable, exhausted and watering everything but myself.
That’s when some soul-searching journaling time and a late-night rereading of my great-great-grandmother’s classic book The Secret Garden unearthed this “Well-Tended Life” truth, that every locked-up, weed-filled, withering life can bloom and grow again with the help of a little magic.
Now I am not talking about the kind of magic that needs a wand and a trick top hat. I am talking about a dig in, make room, prune away, work on, water well, weed and feed your soul kind of life-tending magic that I love sharing with my audiences and friends.
Keri Wilt, great-great-granddaughter of Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett, is an motivational speaker, writer and co-gardener. Visit www.keriwilt.com to read more.
