The Unfinished Garden
Posted on 10. Jul, 2007 by Susan in Motivation
I have a neighbor who is an excellent gardener. I just realized this on my walk this morning. My life balanced Beagle was too exhausted from his vacation at the lake to join me (ha!), so I was alone to observe other things. I walk by this home every day, and there is almost always bushes unearthed, new flowers going into the ground, and mulch bags scattered around. Just when I think she is finished, and things look really picture perfect, my neighbor moves things around.
I’ll admit, in the past, I would think, "What is her deal? She’s never going to get finished." I realized this morning, that that’s the point. She LOVES to garden. Her flower beds are creative, not fussy, and her face just beams when she’s out there digging. It reminded me of a quote from Joan Anderson, "I am as unfinished as the shoreline along the beach…"
My favorite person in the world is in her early sixties, and she commented to me that she really didn’t feel eligible for coaching, because that was for younger people. Really? Is that true? Are we finished learning and growing and changing at 60? Grandma Moses didn’t think so. After 60 years of farm life sidetracking her from her true passion, painting, she picked up a paint brush at the age of 78. For the next 23 years, she painted thousands of pictures detailing her childhood, and died after exhibiting her work in 15 one woman shows. WOW. She certainly was unfinished!
So, I encourage you to think about the many changes and phases we all go through in our lives. Like my neighbor’s garden, we are all unfinished. Just when thinks look perfect, you might decide to uproot things, rearrange, or get a backhoe in there for major excavation! Your true talent and strength is just waiting to be discovered.
Think about it.
Susan shyatt@insightbb.com
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This is a great post!