your daily rock : plant the seed

June 28, 2013 in Daily Rock, General

Tess and I planted seeds this spring: peas, radishes, limas, squash, tomatoes, basil, kale, arugula, poppies, sunflowers, and cone flowers.

We planted them in faith that some of those seeds might sprout.

We planted them long before they would sprout.

Watered them while they did their invisible magic.

Some sprouted and some didn’t. We march out back in the afternoon and eat peas off the vine.

And what I know, because a gardener friend told me, is that gardening is about putting a ten cent plant in a ten dollar hole.

It’s the hole, the soil, the preparation that counts, and then the leap of faith.

Go ahead. Prepare the soil. Plant the seed. You might not know for a long time what will emerge. Until you do.

Love,

(These beautifully painted rocks are created by Kim Mailhot, aka The Rock Fairy.

About Patti Digh

Patti Digh is an author, speaker, and educator who builds learning communities and gets to the heart of difficult topics. Her work over the last three decades has focused on diversity, inclusion, social justice, and living and working mindfully. She has developed diversity strategies and educational programming for major nonprofit and corporate organizations and has been a featured speaker at many national and international conferences.