Water the Garden

I enjoy watering the flower and vegetable gardens, and the trees we’ve recently planted. It’s a joy to watch the dirt soak it up.

I water after the sun sets. It’s usually dark or almost dark. People have told me that it’s not good for the plants, but I have this thing about watering in the daylight.

I know it’s a natural necessary process, but I’m not a fan of evaporation. I want every nanoparticle of water (does water have nanoparticles? I’m sure it does) to get soaked up by the dirt.

I want those roots to drink up every possible droplet of water. They need it to help guard against that unforgiving burning torch in the expansive cloudless sky.

We’re in a drought. The grass died a month ago, now the weeds are dying. (I wrote this back in July 2022)

Some of them are looking scorched. Burnt, like the innocent slice of bread that was left in a toaster too long.

Water is precious.
Just ask the town of Monterrey, MX. They haven’t had rain in a year and a half. People get desperate when their lives are at stake.
Riches don’t mean squat when it comes right down to it. Being rich don’t keep you alive in a desert.
What good is gold when the earth is cracking apart beneath your feet? The only thing they are useful for is being able to exchange them for some H2O.
Water is vital.

But what good is water if it isn’t being used? Or what if it isn’t usable?

I don’t know if ocean water can revitalize the grass in my front yard. I’m thinking probably not. It has something to do about high salt content. You can’t take gulp down salt water and expect good results. Fresh, saltless, cool, clear water is the only way to go.

Have you ever heard that saying, “The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence”? It’s used to depict someone else’s situation being better than yours.

We can change that old adage around a little bit. “The gardens and trees are always greener on the other side of the fence.” That’s a better description of what’s going on in my yard right now.

So, why are the trees greener? Or why do the flowers in that garden grow taller and more beautiful than yours?

What if they just never forget to water their gardens?
What if they put in the time and the effort to get outside and water them?
Despite their hardships and heartaches they’re going through.

They pursue the goal of having a thriving garden.

What about your “garden”, figuratively speaking?

What good is the water I have available if I’m not using it?
I have the resources to have a good marriage. To raise my children well. All I have to do, is do it.
Water the garden.

In our current society, where the blazing sun of popularity and being woke glares upon our lives trying to influence us in ways we’d rather not go, we need to “water the gardens”.

Be the Father your children deserve.
Be the Husband your wife craves.
Be there for them through thick or thin, drought or high-water.

We must not let our relationships shrivel up and disintegrate.
Friendships must remain intact.
Water the gardens. Ensure their continued growth.

This quote by Katrina Mayer says, “Good friends are like beautiful flowers in the garden of life.”

If you think there’s no work to be done with human relationships, your relationships are going to die.

Even in this age of social media and instant connection, being sociable is becoming ancient folklore.

We’ve got to supply water to the dry and barren streams of social existence.

Water your “gardens” today. We all need each other.

to those subjected to the onslaught of social drought,
– Caleb