One of the lessons learned from gardening is that more does not necessary mean more, and less is sometimes better. Too much rain in a garden will not allow the plants to take root and give enough oxygen in the soil for growth. Too much sun and heat will burn many plants unless they are watered. You can say similar things about lots of things in a garden. Balance, not more or less, seems to be the best. The same seems to be true in life today. I see parents presenting children with more things to do and more things and more opportunities. More can be good but unless it is balanced with less and the use of the imagination that comes with less, it can be harmful. I struggle not only in the garden between more and less but in my own life. There is so much to do but doing more could be doing less in quality.
As the name of this web domain, Nonviolent Worm, indicates, my focus is on developing a home garden model of Growing Renewable Affordable Food G.R.A.F and on studies in taking nonviolent actions for the common good in the political world of social justice and peace. But even in these two worlds of concern there is too much to study, do and reflect on. In the Growing world I try to focus on the word ‘affordable’ in growing healthy food, and in the world of nonviolent action I am trying to focus on closing the four military departments at Marquette University. If by ‘more’ I can mean go deeply into these two movements, growing affordable organic food in a garden and closing military schools at universities and colleges, I think I can do something, even if it is not visible. More in this way can be less and more. But just doing more in the conventional way can be less. Another lesson from the Garden: Dig deeper into what you are doing that is meaningful, and by doing less you can do more. More is not more and less is sometimes more.
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