The spirit and I finished our tour of the Garden at the West Arch of the Heart of the Garden. Walking through the arch was heartbreaking, for this garden, unlike the East Garden, had failed completely. Neglect and drought had left if deader than dead. Branches and debris from the rest of the garden seemed to have been thrown in here and it truly appeared to be more of a refuse dump than garden. It was a massive space completely wasted and the only life in it was noxious weeds and thistle.
My heart broke to see this, the most neglected garden, as it just proved how long it had been since I had paid any attention or love to this place. Unlike the North garden, there were no signs of life and truly this garden was going to have to be cleared, redesigned, and completely re-landscaped. The Spirit seemed to sense my despair and lovingly said, “It’s an opportunity not an end.” With that my heart lifted. I immediately stopped seeing what is wasn’t, alive, and started seeing what it could be. It was a massive space with rolling hills, great boulders, definitely a place that could be dramatic someday. I said, “I will have a lot to add to this space soon.
2 comments:
I love the quote "It's an opportunity, not an end." Good job!!!
Yes! We always have room to improve. How boring it would be if there was no room for progression. I would hate if my yard was completely done and I had no room to plant a new plant or play in. I like tinkering away in the garden, and I think life is like that too. We should always be striving to plant "new plants" in our lives, better attitudes, better character traits, and weed out unwanted weaknesses we have, etc.
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