Optimistic Gardening within Yourself

So you often hear that gardeners are optimistic.  I didn't really get it until i recently tried to do some small in home gardening.  I began with a small kit of herbs (basil, parsley and chives), then I added Strawberries!  I bought these not knowing how it was going to turn out, if they would live?  if i would kill them, if these cheap kits even work.  would i be wasting money???  Or is this going to be totally worth the $7 I spent at Big Lots.  So I began to think optimistically.

At least one seed has to take, and then it will definitely be worth the money and effort.

I planted my seeds in the pots and watered them for 3 days straight.  I began to notice the basil first.  I was SO EXCITED!!! Then a few days later - CHIVES!  i began to feel a bit discouraged after i noticed that the strawberry plant had  not grown at all after 2 weeks, same for parsley.  Then a tiny sproutling appeared - a baby strawberry plant (it was like when WALL-E and EVE discovered the plant on EARTH - SO EXCITED).  I then began to realize that some things take more time and tlc than others, and 2 days later parsley arrived.

I planted and watered the seeds on the same day, they sit in the same sunlight, on the same window sil. I water (mist) them the same amount, yet they all grow differently.  Basil was fast and plentiful, Chives followed in big numbers too.  The strawberry plant seems to be the one that needs most TLC, and parsley is just slow to start, but plentiful and easy to grow.

Plants are like relationships in life.  Relationship with yourself, your family, your friends and your unfriendly acquaintance (better name for enemies).  I don't like using the word enemies, b/c I feel like "enemies" can become friends, so really they are just acquaintances that are unfriendly with us at the moment.  Basil is your Family and BFFs... Right there,f or you from the get go, easy to grow with plenty of love.  Chives are your other friends and friendly acquaintances, they take a little longer to come around, but are plentiful!  Strawberries are YOURSELF - you try so hard to get it going but when you don't see immediate results, you feel discouraged, then you begin to sprout in life, and you feel good again.  The parsley are your unfriendly acquaintances - you need to sprout in life, before you can fix your not so happy relationships (or begin to accept them and move on if they are broken relationships).  Use your water (hard work) and sunlight (optimism) to grow your roots deep and become grounded.  once you are there - Life's relationships will open up and will lead you to happiness.

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