Daylilies

A friend wrote me today saying they are “reassessing priorities” and thus could not participate in the movement to “demilitarize our schools” one school at a time. One of this friend’s new priorities is planning a home organic garden, also one of my priorities. As readers of this Diary of Worm know, home gardening is what got this web site started and still fuels it.

However, unlike my friend, I cannot say no to other things that come my way, like stopping the teaching of war in our schools, driving a friend somewhere, arranging another Pilgrimage of Peace, and (gladly or sadly) too much more. I gave up trying to say no to something I feel compelled to do, so now I just prioritize each day rather than my life. I try to do my best each day about what I believe is important to do.

Living life day by day or moment by moment is hard, but it is the only way to say yes to all good things and keep one’s sanity. A side benefit I found to this way of life is that when some ignore you or issues you feel are important, you do not care as much, since you are not doing what you do to please others but because you need to do it. There is always something else to say yes to.

The fact that I spend time almost every day in the garden outside and now in the sun room for the fall and winter means that I do consider growing renewable affordable food a priority. But I do not always do each day what I need to do. Distractions, reflections of weaknesses, are always present. But we try.

The garden of my life changes day by day and so must I.

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