March 16, 2009

Reading

...in life, each person can take one of two attitudes: to build or plant. The builders might take years over their tasks, but one day, they finish what they're 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 recognize on another, because they know that in the history of each plant lies the growth of the whole World. ~Paulo Coelho

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Gardener I am. I plant, therefore I am.

Anonymous said...

I <3 gardens too but as a builder marrying another builder, I gotta defend my crew: gardens are great, but better to spend an NYC winter hemmed in by walls than free in Central Park... Hippies, all of you.

Wishing you many warm, spring-time days SOON, the better to enjoy this garden of ours. We miss you!!

<3 Shi-Shi