“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow” – Audrey Hepburn
This is truly one of my favorite quotes.
Believe in tomorrow…
We could all use something to look forward to these days. With Coronavirus keeping so many around the world in isolation the need to have something to look forward to is greater than ever.
So how do we do that? How do we “believe in tomorrow” when everything around us seems bleak? Ironically the 2 things that seem to be polar opposites, are what is getting us through; Nature and Technology. I guess it’s true when they say opposites attract. Think about it, we rely on technology and nature to get us through our days. Looking out my window, now more than ever, I see neighbors and kids (on opposite sides of the street) walking, riding bikes, talking. Nature is calling us out of the isolation of our homes to help us cope and interact with our community. We are all feeling the separation and wondering how long it will last.
On the flip side is technology. We try to step away from it to keep our sanity but these days technology is bringing us together…
Not so long ago, I believed that social media, which was intended to bring us together, was actually having the opposite effect. We created our own “social distancing”. We watched what others were doing in their lives instead of living our own. Now, we’re being told social distancing is mandatory and, all of a sudden, instead of looking at pictures and videos of someone else’s life we are calling them up for a video chat. Amazing…just like always…we want what we can’t have; and right now, we are all craving face-to-face interaction.
The day we can hug our friends and shake a stranger’s hand again will be a celebrated day but for now, we wait.
So, how does gardening fit in here? Well…like Audrey Hepburn said, “to plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow”. So, plant something! Believe! Nurture the earth and watch it grow.
I mean really…what else do you have to do?!
