the Garden

Look at your life as a garden, through the eyes of acceptance. 
Accept that the purpose of your life is to tend the garden of God's life force. 
Be not angry or resentful if some things do not grow in your little patch. 
Accept that your soil may not be the soil for another's growth or that 
your temperament may not be the climate in which someone else's flower may bloom. 

Just as you rejoice when the new seed flowers, be prepared to accept that which grows in your garden may, in time, fade and die. 

Be always willing to plant the new seed. From the new seed comes the adventure of watching tomorrow grow. 

Plant well the seeds of tomorrow with your deeds of today. 
From these seeds come the treasures of your life's work... 
Memories. 

Accept all who come to your garden. Make those who criticise as welcome as those who come to admire. 
Listen to all advise and be willing to change... Change is needed for the good of your garden. 

Tend carefully life's garden. Cast out the thistle of anger, the weeds of resentment and the intruders of pride and jealousy, before they eat away the heart of your life's efforts. 

Water well the seeds of pain with the tears of love. It is from the seeds of pain that the hardiest plants grow and on the nourishment of love they thrive. 

In the sunset of your endeavour find a corner of solitude in your garden. 
A comfortable place where you find pleasure being who you are and feel the joy of being with yourself.