Before Garden 03/17/09
We have all seen those pictures of persons before and after trying a specific weight loss program. Well here is a before picture of the small garden in my backyard. I hope to show you this fall a full, green, food-producing garden.
Between the before and after there will be a lot of work. Also in addition to the garden pots along the driveway and the rain garden I hope to add a new raised garden on my front lawn. I have discovered that the front of my front lawn is about the only area on my property that receives sun most of the day.
I think we should evaluate all projects with a before and after approach. Before we take a course on a subject we should write down all we know about it and afterward do the same. Before we take an action for peace and/or justice we should see where things are and afterward do the same thing.
Some would call this evaluation, discernment or reflection. I think it is just plain common sense. Or better yet, it is the way of nature. If a plant is a certain way before a storm, after the storm it will try to return to the way it was before. If before an animal is fed a bell rings, after it is fed it will listen for another bell.
With humans we have the added dimension of self-awareness. We can reflect on the before and after. Simply we can learn from our mistakes. Making mistakes is normal but learning from them also seems normal. Yet we humans, contrary to natural law, often fail to learn from our mistakes. We can learn that wars lead to more wars and violence leads to more violence yet we can do it.
Hopefully I can learn from my many mistakes of gardens past and the after picture of the garden this year will be the best one yet.
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