Life is uncertain. So we plan. We plan which plants will go in which beds. Which plants will feed our table and provide colour in the drab of winter to feed our eyes and soul.
Yet, plans exist in the future where people become ill, or we lose our jobs, or violence occurs. They provide little comfort when we wake with fear of what the day may bring.
The only moment over which we have control is now.
Kneeling in the garden to plant small sprouts is an act of faith. When we do it, in that moment, life is certain. It is beautiful. Pressing the soil around the roots is an act of courage, a moment of defiance. When set in the soil that fragile life, we plant a prayer for a tomorrow in which they are thriving. We plant the hope we will be present in a future when they are thriving, and we are, too.
Gardening offers a series of moments that support life. What it takes, is to garden in the now.
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