Gardening teaches us to choose. We choose the plants that will do well in our gardens. We choose flowers and species that will feed the bees and other pollinators. We choose grasses and undergrowth to provide a safe space for nature to take shelter.
When we prune our bushes and shrubs, we choose the branches to keep so they will grow more beautiful, sturdier.
The lesson of pruning is also needed in our lives.
Like our gardens, which may take on more and more plants it becomes overgrown, we take on new responsibilities, cram in more activities. Our bed times get pushed back an hour. We wake up earlier. We take on that additional responsibility.
Do not fear the negative space. The single tall rock in a Zen garden is striking and beautiful because it is so solitary. Like your roses, pruning regularly opens up your daily routine. Each year, cut back the overgrowth so that your life may retain only what truly feeds you, leaving the essential and beautiful.
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