Waking up early

Eating right and exercising

Eating fresh foods

Meeting like minded people

Caring and devoting your time and energy

To something you love

Staying fit and healthy

Because you know you are depended upon

These are just a few of the benefits of gardening

For a beauty begets beauty

And a beautiful mind

Is often rewarded

In mysterious ways

For in caring for a garden

You will indirectly be caring for yourself

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Unless you try

And sometimes you will try many times

Or many things

Until you find your true calling

But in the meanwhile

Never let failure discourage you

On the contrary it should encourage you

To try harder

For in the knowledge of failure

You will realize your dream of success

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To garden when you are surrounded by frustration

And anger is your sole motivation

But think of the moment before

When you were happy and carefree

Hand in hand walking merrily

Then think of the moments yet to come

Clouded by your anger

Unable to bring your ideas to fruition

Then you will realize 

No matter how others criticize

Your focus should always be on positive things

Which of a truth are more enduring and long lasting

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Centered between the mango and the apple trees

To the right of the rose garden

A few paces away from the yellow hibiscus

Was a white birdbath

Recently painted for the season

It was there that I saw the first reflection of my soul

Far above me were drifting clouds

And under my feet

A pillow like clump of Kentucky blue grass

And when I looked in the still water

In the birth bath

I could see my smiling cheeks and life stained brown eyes

I also could see my past

My present

And the visions that lay ahead

Waiting on me

As if reminding me that

My journey was yet to come

And years would pass before I saw another reflection of my soul

It was while standing on an island surrounded by many lakes

When as if drawn

I venture out in a pier behind this

Simple but homely home

And looking down in the glasslike lake

I saw a deeper reflection of my soul

And I knew then

That though visions were unfolding

There were more yet to come

For alas life’s like that

For when you think you are at the summit of your life

It is then that you are equipped

To pursue even more dreams

And visions will continue to unfold

And you know you will conquer them

One reflection at a time

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