Painting by Belynda Wilson Thomas

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. Robert Louis Stevenson

I wanted to lie in bed longer this morning. How important is it if I get this blog out, in the big scheme of things, or any scheme at all? It’s important because if I stop, I might not start up again. A few Mondays of not bothering is the end. It’s not the end if there is a reason we stop something, but if we stop for no reason, then it probably is the end. We might be going through a period of self-doubt, wondering why bother, no one needs my ramblings.

But, I need them; they’ve become a part of what I do, and I like myself better when I write, just like I like myself better when I eat right and exercise. I read an article by a doctor over one hundred years old, and he says the most important thing is to exercise daily. It is better to exercise and be overweight than be thin and not exercise.

We often belittle what we can do, because we aren’t perfect. If we can walk and do, we will be healthier, even if we have a cookie, cake, or ice cream sometime in the day. Moving and stretching are good for us.

Yesterday was a time to get together, share a meal, and laugh. We need to take the time to get together and enjoy the time we have. Time flies by fast; our grandson is already three, and our granddaughter is six months old. It won’t seem that long, and he’ll be twenty-three and she’ll be turning twenty-one. Those twenty years will fly by regardless of how I fill my time.

Finding a creative outlet and enjoying creating something lifts our spirits and feeds our souls. Getting our fingers in the dirt, cleaning up debris, and neatening up the yard gives us a feeling of accomplishment. Spring blooms make us smile. If we plant them, can we make someone else smile as they walk by?

The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another’s, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises. Leo Buscaglia

Life is here, and we need to make the most of it. It won’t be perfect, we worry about things that won’t happen, and are blindsided by those that do. Things work out because we adjust to the realities of life, we might think I couldn’t manage if, but we can, whatever that if is.

One of the best things Mom and Dad did was show us what perseverance, courage in the face of adversity, and facing challenges head-on looked like. They planted in the spring, harvested in the fall, and dealt with what came. There is no other way to live a life. We might not be planting our seeds in soil, maybe we are planting seeds of a different sort, but they will still need time to germinate, they will still need to be tended and nourished as they grow to fruition, they will need to be harvested, and new seeds need to be sown.

We might feel like giving up, we might have given up on some of our dreams, but giving up is a sad thing to watch. We’ve seen a house that looks like the occupants have given up. The backyard is full of things that were once or still are treasures, but it all looks like junk to an onlooker. The house looks as rough as the backyard. Whenever I watch shows on hoarders, there is always a story behind the hoarding, usually one of loss. The question begs to be asked: What would it take for the hoarder to find a better way to deal with loss?

We, too, might be so broken by loss we can’t find a way out, and maybe we should think, “There but for the grace of God go I.”

Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit. Napoleon Hill

We cannot force someone to hear a message they are not ready to receive, but we must never underestimate the power of planting a seed. Unknown

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another. Napoleon Hill

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