Without A Guaranteed Outcome Being patient Takes Work ~ Wisdom From Our Garden Temple

 

Wisdom from our garden/temple 

I was so looking forward to our first aubergine. But today, after last night's torrential downpour, the paper condom had come off of the aubergine that was furthest along. It was split. The good news is that there are more aubergine plants with beautiful blossoms. 

Local 'Beefeater' tomato 

In a separate part of our veggie patch, we have the best snake gourd harvest of all time. We tried an experiment with the snake gourds. We planted the local equivalent of a 'Beefeater' tomato in the same patch. So far, Min has placed around thirty condoms on our four Beefeater tomato plants. There are more blossoms forming. There is the possibility of 100+ tomatoes. A tremendous jump in numbers if they all ripen. 

In the lower pond, things have taken an interesting turn. We now have three old dames sharing the same nest. We have no ideas how many eggs or, if there are any eggs, that they are attempting to hatch, time till tell. 

Feeding Time

Then we have the young, (no longer baby) Box turtles. All three are getting noticeably bigger. Their shells are well-formed and clean, and they are inquisitive. 

Added bonus, one morning feeding, about a week ago, there was an almost fully grown Box turtle that showed up to enjoy the fish food. Considering that the Box turtle has an average lifespan of 40 years in the wild, the odds are that I won't be around to see what happens to the three young ones.  

These three tales all teach the same lesson. Life can't be rushed and nothing is guaranteed. Too many people forget or were never taught this life lesson:

There is only one natural human right. You have the right to eventually die. Everything else betwen womb and tomb is a crapshoot. 

Patience, my friends, patience.

 Brian