You don't have to be a god to work miracles in a garden.
From A World Worth Saving, one of 296 sayings written by John Sarris over thirty years.
From Alfred’s journal
The woman in the blue house spent most of April on her knees in the side yard, and for weeks there was nothing to show for it but dirt under her nails and a hose she kept forgetting to coil. I had written her off. For years I believed the yards that bloomed were the lucky ones, good soil, good light, some accident of drainage nobody earned. Today the whole bed came up at once, poppies and something orange I have no name for, and she stood on the walk with her hands on her hips looking as surprised as I was. You don't have to be a god to work miracles in a garden; you have to be willing to be bored for a month. Switch ate one of the poppies and I did not tell her.
He reads what you tell him and writes a page of his journal back, with a few of these chosen for you. It costs nothing and asks for nothing.
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More like it
- Whether from cloud, cliff, or crest of wave, water only has to fall to enchant us.
- Plant your flowers, as God does, with a careless hand and a loving eye.
- The feet in warm sand restore a flagging spirit like no salve or caring hand.
- Breathe in the sea and keep its rhythm in your heart.
- A bee that starts building a hive won’t work long alone.
- It is hard to look at the stars and worry about what people think of you.