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the sweet release of gratitude
I almost didn’t stop today. At the end of a long school day, the only thing I feel like doing is trading my work clothes for something cozy and collapsing in a heap on my couch. Sure, a walk in the crisp autumn sunshine would be good for me, but I was feeling grouchy and stubborn, and I just wanted to go home. But when traffic clogged at the entrance to my apartment complex, I gave in to the inner urging and turned right instead of left ... in spite of my initial reluctance, I knew I would relish this sunny afternoon outdoors.
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into the ground
I’ve never planted garlic before. It feels like a great act of faith on my part to plant a seemingly inanimate kitchen ingredient into the ground just as the warmth of summer is ending and the deadness of winter nears. It seems impossible that a cold, dark, uncomfortable period of time is just what is needed to produce something vibrant, beneficial, and abundant.
