Today is Saturday and it’s raining. Everything needs so much water. Rain also helps not only the vegetables and flowers to grow but also feeds the weeds. When I think of weeds, I think about how much energy they take to control. They require constant surveillance. It becomes important to find them and take them out when they are young before they develop deep roots.
I believe this applies to our everyday life. If we deal with things that bother us that can grow into something much more disruptive in our lives, we improve the quality of our lives. For example, if I have an issue with someone. If they have done something I would like to clarify because it bothered me and seemed to me disrespectful, I could go to the person and introduce a conversation to communicate how what they did seemed disrespectful to me or I could ignore it and let it fester and become more and more angry with the person and disrupt our relationship. I would be allowing “weeds” to grow.
If we want growth and understanding we could both talk about what happened and the “weed” or negative issue between, us can be rooted out and cause us no harm. In fact, we could develop an even closer relationship. But if I approached this person and the interaction was not receptive or maybe even more hostile, we will neglect to deal with the weed and it will grow. Ultimately, I we do not find some way to resolve this issue, the “weed” will grow ever larger and could propagate more weeds and ultimately destroy the garden of our relationship. A garden can deteriorate and allow more kinds of weeds to take root and resulting more roots to overtake the healthier parts of the garden and destroy growth. Just as gardens need to be tended and cared for, our relationships also need the same care so we can grow and blossom.
What was once a small solvable problem, could now spiral out of control. I think we need to make the effort when things are small. Ignoring them won’t make them go away. I think if we cultivated the courage to address our fears and refrain from labeling this action as confrontation we will be better served. A great deal of respect and deep understanding by both parties is worth the challenge. The more often we do this, I think we will find that it becomes easier and is definitely worth the effort. My thoughts for today. Back to pulling weeds. The rain has stopped. Faith
GARDEN THE WEEDS 