Tuesday, May 25, 2010

to reap no reward, see no seed flower bloom

Hypothetical question. You are renting a house and it has a garden. The garden is very visually stimulating. It is unique in look and the flowers give off a particularly pleasing smell. You have enjoyed starring out at this garden while you have lived in the house and have grown rather fond of all it's splendor. Taking care of the garden is no easy task but you do the best you can. Of course you were not always sure of what to do with the garden. Watering the plans is a chore, one week you watered far far far too much and the entire garden is almost ruined. One day, your landlord calls and says that you have to move out, you have a few short weeks left on your lease and then someone else will take over. This is not surprising news, you were after all really looking forward to moving and you yourself decided to not sign the lease again. But now what to do about the garden? You will certainly miss peaceful strolls, listening to the birds chirping and touching the lavender petals that are covered in morning dew. But it's not like there are no other gardens out there. Maybe other gardens are easier to maintain, not such a hassle to hoe down from their overgrowing weeds and problematic roots. There will be more exotic gardens and very standard ones, it would be nice to continue exploring those exiting environments. So what do you do with the garden that you have now? Knowing that you are leaving makes it easy to just let it run itself, let the weeds creep up over the sidewalk and the flowers shiver up into a crunchy remnant of the beauty they once commanded. Does it make sense to continue nourishing the earth that it grows from, water and prune the plants if in the near future you will not have the pleasure of enjoying the view you create? Do you continue to put forth effort for your garden if you will not reap the rewards of your labor? Or do you continue to give love or do you place your energies and efforts elsewhere?

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