The Garden of Life
Life can be compared to a garden. There are times for planting and times for reaping. We can only take out of our garden what we have put into it. The seeds we plant and the care we give to our garden determine the harvest. We reap what we have sown. The seeds we sow in the garden of life are the thoughts, words, decisions, choices and actions we make. When our thoughts, words, and actions are imbued with kindness, harmony and gratitude we are sowing seeds of light and goodness—our harvest will be a joyful one. When we sow what is good, true and beautiful, we open ourselves up to receive in like kind and in the same measure. Happiness can never come through taking, but only through giving. When we take what is not ours we have sown the seeds of our own future misery. When we give out the best from our heart, mind and will, we prepare a more beautiful future for ourselves and those we love. The law of the seed is the law of reciprocal action and bestows happiness and bounty upon those who live in harmony with it. In the measure that we give, so do we receive. —Emory Michael
