A Parallel Between a Garden and a Life

A garden will grow if you don’t water it. However, it will grow out of control with vines wrapping around anything it can grasp. This can be a beautiful thing to watch it take its course, but it can also be a disaster. [Your life will continue even if you don’t take care of it, but will become absorbed with unhealthy thoughts and doings.]

So it needs water to reach its full fruition.

Some things in a garden come by chance and can ruin all the hard work that has been planted. The gardener may not know the cause so it tries everything else but the right solution to save the garden. [You make the decision of who you want in your life. Ultimately, if you choose to be associated with destructive people, you will destruct yourself.]

There are other things in a garden that are scary and fearful. The gardener may choose not to touch the garden in fear that it will encounter a scary bug or spider. And therefore, the garden deteriorates because it is not receiving the attention it deserves. [Life is scary, but if you don't face the fears, your soul no longer lasts.]

The gardener may buy tools to help build the garden. Some tools require additional strength and human power to work effectively. Some tools are there to protect the gardener so he/she is not harmed. Other tools are used to help feed the garden so it grows.

The real tool, though, is time. Time that is invested carefully will attend to every detail, every need, and every problem. This time including peaceful thoughts requires a certain amount of giving.

A garden can be precious, or it can be a wild fire ready to ignite. The gardener decides.