Are we like potatoes." A couple weeks ago my husband was digging up an old garden plot and came upon 4 little potatoes that had been ignored, should have rotted since last year, yet instead were sprouting with new life. No one had given these potatoes a chance. No one nurtured, cared for or did anything to prolong their lives. They were just more determined/stubborn than others.
When others were sitting there having given up on life, these 4 took a stance and lived in spite of everything. Guess you could say they were survivors.
By now you'll have got my point. Some people like David Pelzer who was the worst case of child abuse in California's history, not only survived but went on to thrive in life. If you haven't read his story, I recommend you do: "Help Yourself" or " A Boy Named It." If you ever blame your childhood for your lack of success and happiness in life, think of David and the potatoes. They are giving forth life to all who come in contact with them. They are reaching out for the light.
Why is that some survive and thrive in spite of the odds against them? Why is that some don't survive in spite of ideal conditions? Just like potatoes need fertilizing, and hilling in order to produce the best product, so do humans. Or do we? Maybe some of us get to a point in our lives when we make choices to produce something different.
What will be your choice today? Will you be like these potatoes that choose to live a passionate life even when circumstances aren't the best? If these potatoes could dance they would. Will you dance with life today?
Happy dancing!
Barb
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Greetings Barb,
I couldn't agree more.
I learnt the same lesson about persistence, etc, from plants in general many years ago.
I once was given a mint plant. I didn't put it in the ground for about a week. When I did it looked almost dead.
But it grew some new shoots.
Then I got a bee in my bonnet and decided to shift it. I dug it up, but didn't replant it for about another week. (I did things like that often for many years; the years before my breakdown in 1994.)
But again it survived.
If I remember correctly, I dug it up similarly again, and on this occasion, it died. But don't be dismayed; read on, even though this ending would usually be seen as negative it had a positive effect on me!
Remember this; there was absolutely no sun in this garden as we lived in a complex of flats (apartments) and ours was on the ground floor more-or-less south-facing. Had I been kinder the mint plant would have thrived. In spite of me it put up a valiant fight against overwhelming odds. This experience taught me that we should never give up; and that's why I still haven't given up.
And neither should anyone.
Keep dancing,
Andreas.
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