Wisdom

A Lesson Learned While Gardening

– If I put the seed in the ground, I might fail to produce a successful crop. If I don't put the seed in the ground, I will certainly fail to produce a crop of any kind.

I was afraid to put the carrot seed in the ground until I realized that the worst that could happen would be that the seed wouldn't grow and I would be out the few dollars that I spent on the seed. It took me three years to realize this. I finally put the seed in the ground and they produced two beautiful rows of carrots. – I experienced this parable several years ago but I didn't see beyond the practical implications of it until just now. This is very much like the story of the men who were given the funds to invest while their boss was off on a trip. The one who, as I with my seed, held on to it for fear of losing it, ultimately lost what he was given anyway. I would have lost my seed and had nothing to show for it because they don't last forever in the packet. 

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If I had my life to live over again, I would ask that not a thing be changed, but that my eyes be opened wider.
Jules Renard

Let us dance down the hall and out the door and into the fields. -T. J. Grey