The Sweetest Thing

John Lennon once said, ~We got the gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it.~ Without a doubt, love or true love for that matter takes time, effort, blood, sweat, tears, and endless amounts of patience in working to keep something that is truly considered to be not only the most precious, but also the most valuable gift from withering away completely in the so called garden of life. In some aspect, the human heart is like a garden in which a particular seed is planted, watered, and then given time to grow to become something so beautiful you most definitely want to share it with someone special.

If you think about it, there is a seemingly peaceful, serenity when you find yourself looking at or working in a garden. You can surely find solace in a place where the hectic, noisy, crazy world you live in slowly fades away as you experience becoming lost in the calmness of nature by way of smelling the morning dew as you stand outside to soak in the warm sun rising in the distance, feeling the gentle breeze brush against your face, or hearing the sound of birds chirping above you. In a sense, that same peaceful, serenity can be felt within your own heart as the love you share with someone grows to where you can simply get lost in the harmonious sound of a steady heartbeat beating against the chest of your potential and/or significant other.

Essentially, the right tools should be at your disposal to have a garden that you can be proud of as you used your own two hands to, in some way, bring to life one of God's many creations. You see, one of the most important things to have when working in the garden of a person's heart is being able to have a gentle touch because like a plant, the human heart has a fragileness to where it initially takes someone who has the proverbial green thumb in knowing as to whether or not the right amount of love your watering with is either too little, too much, or just right. For the most part, it's just a matter of learning through trial by error as you use three of the most important tools you have which are a caring heart, ears to listen with, and words to say that are comforting, as well as, full of wisdom.

As said in the beginning, it takes work and endless amounts of patience in planting with your own two hands something that hopefully lives for a lifetime. What it comes down to is not being afraid to get your hands dirty, in a manner of speaking, and digging down deep to get rid of any weeds that may be hindering growth. It's a sad situation indeed when one doesn't want to get his or her hands dirty and dig for any kind of problem(s) that if it's not taken care of immediately it can spread causing serious damage. Let me tell you something, in order to have a blossoming relationship succeed, you must work to get to the root of the problem(s), so to speak, and if both people are willing to dig, pull, and remove those problems together you'll begin to witness the fruits of your labor.

Marina Schinz said, ~To create a garden is to search for a better world. In our effort to improve on nature, we are guided by a vision of paradise. Whether the result is a horticulture masterpiece or only a modest vegetable patch, it is based on the expectation of a glorious future. This hope for the future is at the heart of all gardening.~ In retrospect, every person wants a relationship that will always smell like a bed or roses instead of smelling as if something died in them. However, you can't always count on that happening so you just have to keep planting/cultivating/manicuring your garden in hopes for a happy, weed-free future. In the end, the sweetest thing in all the world is when love still blooms between two people whose relationship continues to be deeply and happily rooted by the seed of friendship.