Random thoughts.....
My garden is mostly in, and I check nearly every day to see if the seeds are coming up. It seems to take so long for them to grow. The corn is only a couple inches tall, the tomatoes only have a couple tomatoes on them, but the plants are sound and healthy. The flowers are starting to break through the dirt and there are spots I forgot what I planted, but they are breaking through the soil too.
I was thinking about it, how impatient I am. I started pondering on the miracle of the whole process. Look how small a tomato seed is, it is so tiny and yet it produces so many luscious fruits. That one tiny seed can become jars of sauce, stewed tomatoes, salads, so many things with just some dirt, sunlight and water. How amazing that is. It needs to be tended, but that is part of the joy of gardening.
Then my mind wandered off to how that is what dreams and goals start with. One teeny tiny thought, that when you nurture it with joy and enthusiasm grows into an action, a goal, a dream come true. It seems like it takes forever, but it really doesn't. We forget the joy of tending these dreams, the joy of watching it come to pass simply by taking the time it takes to make it happen.
Plant a dream today. Take steps to plant the seed of the thought, nourish it with ideas, and research ways to make it happen. You have to start sometime, why not now?
