Everyone has days like today, when you feel like you're dragging your feet with every step. You don't want to do anything and life feels pointless. You just want out. You want change. You want something new. You want to be happy. And then you realize you CAN be happy. You just have to allow it.
Since I've had these tomato plants on my porch for the past week or so, I've spent a couple hours taking care of them. I now know why pesticides are so popular. It takes a great deal of attention and time to keep a plant pest-free. The nice thing is that, for me, taking care of the plants and killing every little Sucker bug that is on them is somehow therapeutic. I don't have to think about much, but I can think about anything. I am helping the plants live better, and somehow it is helping me live better.
I was able to hold a real conversation while doing it. Normally I cannot hold a conversation while I am doing anything else. But this small act of gardening is like a time of meditation. It's a time of caring for the earth and giving back and being productive.
It is bearing fruit.
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