I like to grow new things every year. Sometimes that means that some of the “new things” from the year before get put in the “to grow” box, but not for the current year.
When I go to Franklin, there is this driveway entrance that is covered in gladiolas every summer. Pink, orange, yellow, purple… all mixed together in this rainbow of, well, happiness.
I smile every time I drive by – I figure whoever lives there has to be a pretty happy person. At least whenever they pull into and out of their driveway. I know I would be…
So I decided to plant a little happiness in my garden this year. For those of you who have never experienced the excitement of planting something in the dirt and watching it grow and then flower – I highly recommend it. You see life with a new perspective – one in which you are not the most important living thing in the universe.
The flowers did indeed make me happy whenever I went down to the garden or looked out the kitchen window and now they are currently residing in my carport waiting on a trip up to the new yard in Nashville. I thought about leaving them for someone else to enjoy, but decided to bring them in the end.
So next year, next to my “new thing”, there will be these pretty pink and yellow gladiolas dancing and laughing in the breeze and when I look at them I will smile and as I smile I will remember that I am not the most important living thing in the universe and that, my friends, will make me laugh.
I hope this finds you peaceful…
much love,
m
