Thank you to a dear friend who got me this book last week. Taken from the prologue, In life, each person can take one of two attitudes: to build or to plant. The builders might take years over their tasks, but one day, they finish what they are doing. Then they find they're hemmed in by their own walls. Life loses its meaning when the building stops. Then there are those who plant. They endure storms and all the many vicissitudes of the seasons, and they rarely rest. But, unlike a building, a garden never stops growing. And while it requires the gardener's constant attention, it also allows life for the gardener to be a great adventure. Gardeners always know each other, because they know that in the history of each plant lies the growth of the whole world. Food for thought, ain't it. Are you a builder or a gardener?
Sunday, August 2, 2009
A photo a day
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment