"Have you given up on the garden?" This is the question my wife asked me yesterday. I thought about it and said, "No, why?" Well it turns out that when I neglect thee garden for hunting season bugs still come, soil still dries out and the leaves still grow. I have this tendency you see to focus 100% on one thing and take it as far as I can go, and while I am blazing new trails the old ones grow over. This year when we get the new house I will put in a self-watering garden and try to make things workable for that quarter of the year that I would rather hang from a tree than water a plant. That is just how things work in my mind If I like it, I love it, if I want it to continue however, I have to make it into a system; a watering system, a ring of marigolds to keep the bugs out, a pre-planned schedule to keep things working. Strength of all types is built over time including the strength to live a life I can be proud of, so next time I find I am marching full force into something new I will remember to look closely at the parts of my life I need to bring with me and make them automatic. So maybe next September my wife won't have to ask if I still garden.
-TODD
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