What Gardening Has Taught Me About Life

1. Weeding and house cleaning are never ending jobs.
   
2. While it’s true you don’t always reap what you sow, you won’t find spring tulips if you didn’t plant those fall bulbs.
   
3. Relationships and lawns need regular nourishment to thrive.
   
4. Planning a garden is like planning a vacation; having a map helps you know where you’re going and how long it will take you to get there.
   
5. Happiness, like a garden, is a journey and not a destination.
   
6. Like life, your garden changes from year to year so you can enjoy the beauty of the unexpected and appreciate today’s view as it may never appear the same again.
   
7. Friends and flowers can pop up in the most remarkable places.
   
8. Even though “work” and “weed” are four-letter words we spend countless hours toiling away and rarely stop to appreciate nature’s bounty. Scheduling time daily to smell the daisies and have a family dinner nourishes the soul to make the laboring more worthwhile.
   
9. Sisters are the sunflowers in the garden of life.
   
10. Much like pruning a rosebush requires navigating the thorns, good communication requires analyzing the circumstances. Both activities often require the use of good gloves.