Planting Seeds
Planting Seeds I'm planting seeds today - basil to be exact. I bought basil this winter and couldn't believe how much it cost me. So now I'm planting seeds. They're so small though; it's hard to remember what they'll become in three months. There are other seeds I'm planting:tucking my children in at night emails, chats, and phone calls times for coffee smiles hugs listening purposefully I don't know, exactly, what these will blossom into but I can suspect the high price I could pay later if I don't invest now - children who are not confident in a parent's love, friends with whom I'm no longer connected, loneliness as love needs to be given to be received, and poor judgment as I have not learned from the experience of others. I know that if I eat a 1/4 cup of blueberries a day it lowers my chance of something by a significant percentage, if I exercise regularly I may not pay the price of an infirmed body as I age - seeds I'm sowing; tiny,...