R.A.D.I.C.A.L. Thoughts
"In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt." ~ Margaret Atwood
In the Midwest, by the time spring gets here I am more than ready. I am ready to get my hands in the dirt and start planting something. We used to have a yard where I grew lots of vegetables every year – corn, beans, peas, radishes, lettuces, spinach, onions, okra and especially tomatoes. There is just nothing like the taste of a red, warm tomato right out of the garden! And it all starts with getting in “the dirt.” I agree with Margaret Atwood, that there is a wonderful, rich, earthy smell when you’re digging in the dirt getting ready to plant something. But you know, getting in the dirt means getting dirty and sweaty and actively putting the seeds in their places. What seeds are you planting today? What dirt are you digging in? What is your harvest going to be? As I have said many, many times before, “You reap what you sow.” That is an immutable, unwavering law of the universe. So as we are at the beginning of this incredible season of the year, today --- Hopefully your day off --- go to a garden store and get some dirt and some seeds. Plant a pot full of lettuce … or marigolds or whatever you want. If you can’t plant a garden, get a big pot and plant some flowers. It’s okay to buy some annuals already blooming if you want to, but there is something spiritual about putting a tiny little seed in a container of dirt and in the end, getting some fresh, bright, green growing thing. That process still encourages me. It gives me hope. It reassures me that the right things I do now will bring a harvest of joy. So today, let’s all take a trip to the garden center and get something to plant and then let’s watch the miracle begin. Think about the miracles that are happening in your new life. Sometimes the most amazing things happen when we can’t see them. So be patient! But keep watching.
“There is a right time for everything: A time to be born, A time to die; A time to plant, a time to harvest.” Ecclesiastes 3:1-2
