This season was the first time in my entire life that I had an opportunity to plant a garden. Believe me, I have a new and profound respect for organic farmers. I am extremely grateful for the food that is available to us. It's amazing how things grow and develop, and we shouldn't take this process for granted. It's miraculous, really.

Since this was my first try at "farming" I decided to keep it relatively simple. I planted eggplant, zucchini, tomatoes, and peppers, and a small strawberry plant. And me being me, I planted things in a Feng Shui kind of way. 

I planted the zucchini in the "career/business" area. I love zucchini! I planted the eggplant in the "wealth" corner because it's purple and that color resonates with that area. And the tomatoes and strawberries in the "relationship" area, because they are red, the color of passion. And the strawberries are not only red, but sweet as well. It's nice to have your relationships be sweet.  The peppers, I kind of interspersed. I figured they would, in general, spice things up.

After much tending, watering, feeding and talking to my food, everything was thriving. The zucchini was doing especially well. It was huge, had many, many flowers and was even developing several good sized zucchini. Yes, this was going to be an exceptional crop! And one I was looking forward to immensely.

A few weeks ago I noticed the zucchini plant, which was once the most thriving plant in the garden, began to look a little brown. Hmmmm. I investigated. I couldn't see much of anything wrong there, but decided to keep my eye on it.

As the week progressed, I noticed it getting more and more sickly looking. It had definitely developed "a bug." I took some steps to counteract, but nothing I did made any difference. Within a week, the entire plant was completely gone. Something once thriving and beginning to bear fruit had disintegrated completely within a very short time.

What is particularly interesting to me is that during this time, I had a business situation develop as well. In that arena, the very same thing happened. And within the space of a week, the entire thing, which appeared to be thriving and growing and expanding at one time, with the possibility to bear much good fruit, was completely and totally gone.

Is something like this just a meaningless coincidence? Not to me it isn't. I know that everything is connected.  Everything in the universe works together. Everything happens for a reason, even if we don't see the reason at the time. So while I now have a bare space where I once had something promising, it's OK. Looking at it reminds me of the complete wonder of connection and the amazing workings of the universal garden. Plus, the other "crops" are doing just fine.

Know that whatever you have "planted" may not end up as you envisioned or expected, but perhaps there is a very good reason for it. Maybe you don't know the reason yet.  And when something in your garden is no longer there, for whatever reason, keep in mind that you may get another chance at harvest somewhere down the road. There is a nice bare space there waiting to be filled with the promise and challenge of another fruitful "crop." Every time you look at it, see it not as an empty space fiilled with dirt, but as a wonderful opportunity for something new and perhaps even better.


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