During times of change, the burden of uncertainty can feel overwhelming. It can feel as if whatever we choose will be insufficient. It can be paralysing.
So much about gardening is about tomorrow. In the garden, we plant and weed and prune, all for tomorrow. Sometimes, bugs feast on our plants and they don't produce a harvest. Or a storm blows through, knocking flat plants, supports, even trees.
And yet, the garden endures. It may look different, but it endures.
There is never a guarantee when we sow our small seeds or tend our plants. And yet, showing up each day, clearing a weed here and touching a blossom there, feeds us in those moments. We are a part of that life, and tending to it, it is part of ours. We can do little things without fear. Planting. Weeding. Pruning. Do enough little things and that will be sufficient for the day. Tomorrow's storms will be dealt with tomorrow.
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