Are you
able to hold on and carry it through?
You can get it over the one-yard line and the thirty-yard line, but can
you make it to the goal? Our greatest challenge is to have the endurance needed
in this age of technology to ride
comfortably with its cycles and its fickleness.
The utopia
of a Spring garden—its newness and bloom surprises—is quickly followed by the
Summer months of July and August. The garden grows double-time, basking in the
vitamins from the sun and warm weather. This is the season that puts me to the
test. Longer and more frequent days are are required in the garden, trying to
stay ahead of the growth, the bugs and other challenges. The peak of summer
gardening is all about endurance.
I often find
myself asking, “Can I ever get ahead of the upkeep and care?” And, the funny
thing is, after a long week of labor in the garden, I am always rewarded. When I sit in my favorite spot over looking the
garden at dusk, I relax and take in all of the joy it brings me. I know that it
is never fully complete or finished. I accept that it is a work in progress. Actually,
I love that it’s always a work in progress. Isn’t it all? The splashes of colorful
flowers dotted across he varying hues of green are a backdrop for a very
special kind of dance where humming birds and butterflies flow to the rhythm of
the gentle breeze. And it’s never the
same performance twice.
We must
all endure through seasons of extra work, some emotional or physical strain,
and longer hours at different times in our lives. Just remember, no two days
are the same. Each day is a new performance in the greatest work-in-progress of
all: life.
