Tap Tap Garden in Haiti
Endless tires, endless gardens

Working in our gardens today the thought came to me that the work was endless. There is more compost to make, more to plant and to reap, more castings to make and more to water. However, working in the garden is healthy and joyful so endless gardening is a blessing in spring through fall.

Endless gardening is in sharp contrast to the endless wars we seem to have been experiencing from President Regan to President Obama. The wars in Somalia to Afghanistan seem to grow larger, more expensive, are fought with more technology, engage more terrorism, are more deadly for civilians and breed more wars. Americans seem to be accepting a world of endless wars.

War and gardening are on the opposite sides of the cycle of life and death. Wars and violence bring more wars and violence while gardening brings new life. The Department of Defense recruits in middle and high schools and universities youth and young adults for war. What would happen if we had a Department of Gardening with the same resources and commitment recruiting and training gardeners? What if our universities, like Marquette University, taught gardening not war? We would have a green world with healthy food and with less suffering and violence.

When gardening work seems endless, smile and rejoice. It is better for life than endless war. We can choose each day, endless gardening or endless war.

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