Comments on: How To Eradicate The Oregon Blackberry Plant http://www.emotional-times.com/2006/10/how-to-eradicate-the-oregon-blackberry-plant.html Articles and information on emotions and emotional healing. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:42:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Chris http://www.emotional-times.com/2006/10/how-to-eradicate-the-oregon-blackberry-plant.html/comment-page-1#comment-27856 Chris Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:52:51 +0000 http://www.emotional-times.com/?p=13#comment-27856 I love blackberries especially as jam. I always loved picking them in the wild as a child and would be covered head to foot in juice. It is a lovely memory. It isnt safe to pick the wildberries now as the local councils spray them with poison every year in their erradication program.Their program doesnt seem to be working too well as there dont appear to be any less but now you can't eat them. Such a shame. I have a bush in my yard but with a bit of work in the spring and summer keep it in one area. The local birds and I fight for the berries but there is enough for all of us. When I started to read this article, I thought about the wild emotions I have trouble with. The blackberry is a good simile. The blackberry can take over if left untended; it has lots of thorns that hurt and grab you and it is hard to extract yourself unscathed if you get caught on the tendrils and thorns. It also has the most delicious berries, the eating of which can make you forget the punishment for torn and stained clothes and bring a smile to your face remembering a bright sunny day. Emotions are like the blackberry bush. Seeing emotions as the enemy and trying to eradicate them is a waste of time and energy. We will only miss out on eating the sweet berries. Thank you for this thoughtful article. Its title did not encourage me to read it for a while as I am used to looking for titles that are more specific to my emotional needs. I am so happy I read it. I love blackberries especially as jam. I always loved picking them in the wild as a child and would be covered head to foot in juice. It is a lovely memory. It isnt safe to pick the wildberries now as the local councils spray them with poison every year in their erradication program.Their program doesnt seem to be working too well as there dont appear to be any less but now you can’t eat them. Such a shame. I have a bush in my yard but with a bit of work in the spring and summer keep it in one area. The local birds and I fight for the berries but there is enough for all of us.

When I started to read this article, I thought about the wild emotions I have trouble with. The blackberry is a good simile. The blackberry can take over if left untended; it has lots of thorns that hurt and grab you and it is hard to extract yourself unscathed if you get caught on the tendrils and thorns. It also has the most delicious berries, the eating of which can make you forget the punishment for torn and stained clothes and bring a smile to your face remembering a bright sunny day.

Emotions are like the blackberry bush. Seeing emotions as the enemy and trying to eradicate them is a waste of time and energy. We will only miss out on eating the sweet berries.

Thank you for this thoughtful article. Its title did not encourage me to read it for a while as I am used to looking for titles that are more specific to my emotional needs. I am so happy I read it.

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