About People Gardening

This sounds like an unusual term but think of it as something akin to relationships and more. There are all sorts of people in our lives each and every day. Each opportunity for contact is like gardening. Where we tend to their needs, provide them with water, nutrition, etc. We use our gifts and abilities to tend to people in our lives. In turn, they may do the same for us.

One important thing to remember, tending to yourself. For you are the one in control of your heart. It is your job to protect it yet at the same time allow it to love fully. Anything less is doing a disservice to your heart's capabilities. It would be wise to not short-sell love for it is an investment that can come back 100-fold.

This blog then is about exploring the people in our lives including ourselves in a loving way.

Monday, August 9, 2010

If you had to think for just a minute about what kind of plant you are in God's garden, what kind of plant would you be?
  • Would you be a flower? 
  • Would you be a tree?
  • Would you be a fruit?
  • Would you be a vegetable?
  • Would you be a bush or shrub?
  • Or a cactus?
  • How about a weed?  
All plants have a purpose in the garden.  There are obvious indicators such as the view of a rose, the edibility of the fruit born.  Many trees, shrubs, and cacti have healing properties.  All plants have some purpose.  Even weeds have a purpose in a garden.  If not, then why would there be seeds for these "weeds" which seem to constantly annoy us as we garden and attempt to have beautifully groomed lawns?  

I look forward to your responses and please be specific. If you feel like posting why then I would love to see why you see yourself as a particular kind of plant. I suppose it has not been difficult in figuring out what kind of plant I see myself.  Not sure how to explain the thorns though, I just like the flowers so let's pretend that my rose bush has no thorns.

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