As I mentioned in my post yesterday, some of the seedlings are starting to show in my herb garden. Up to now it’s only one batch, the radishes, that have decided to come up, but I am hoping the parsley, thyme, lettuce and basil will follow suit. Anyone have any ideas what the germination period is for herbs?

I think patience has never been my strong point. I’m always hasty to see results, whether it is from my own work, other people, plants or just my own efforts at self-improvement. I still have to learn that change takes time, work takes time and results take time. And then when they happen faster than we think, then it’s time to celebrate and be happy. It reminds me a bit of the movie “School of Life”, where the school basketball team was so bad they were always losing. And then a new teacher shows them that they should cheer, no matter who scores and even when they make a mistake. And somehow that changed their morale and that changed their play so they improved. Cheering even when we fail somehow helps us to keep the right perspective. And sometimes results just creep up on us. Maybe people would call it the power of positive thinking. Or maybe it’s just that when we start looking away from the negative that we finally see the positive.

So I am celebrating the radishes…their tenacity in breaking through the soil to bask in the warmth of the sun. They are my little heroes this week. I want to be like that – striving upward.

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