Garden Teaches Us To Travel

I needed repeat readings , and a change in my inner state, to finally understand and appreciate the piece. I usually garden , both the conventional garden / farm and my life with a lot of purposes. Yet , one cannot fail to see with simple eyes the different responses and play of nature. Because i have purposes, there are expectations and , consequently, surprises. I understood James Carse inviting me to be spontaneous and truly natural in my responses to the surprises. Just as Nature is "indifferent", impersonal can i , a part of the same Nature, be more a discoverer than a "customer" ? The real growth is not in my material prosperity but in my capacity to see beyond the superficial and respond appropriately with an evolving inner being. A few weeks ago i visited a farm where a young teenager was volunteering;. His natural demeanour , practical capability, open mind and fellowship charmed me . I learnt he has always been in alternate and home school environments unlike my kids of the same age... Reading this piece i can say he was one manifestation of a garden which exists just for its own sake.