A peasant African woman worked all the time in her garden, mostly growing drought resistant cereals.
In the year of Tiger, she planted millet.
During the weeding season, she noticed weeds looking like millet growing side by side with millet.
She tried with a lot of difficulty to severe and eventually uprooted them, but pollen had already fallen, so they kept sprouting.
He asked an agricultural officer for herbicide that would kill only the weeds. The officer told her any type of herbicide would end up killing all the weeds plus the millet. In despair, she went to ask a wise man for help.
It is like a marriage or a relationship, said the wiseman. Along with the joy, laughter, happiness and companionship a few little inconveniences always show up.
You can do nothing to them. Although you did not anticipate them, they are still part of the garden.
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It is unconditional acceptance of life, the good, the bad, and the ugly. Once we can understand unconditional happiness we can live, and be happy. Once we accept ourselves, we realize we are good enough. In fact we’re perfect! When we feel good about ourselves it is then that we can improve ourselves. being happy is the best self-improvement exercise that I know of! weeds looking like millet growing side by side with millet are part of life.a good obserbation
You r a well,i know more wil keep coming out.
so true
Tru.
Spot on sir,and thats reality,i realize sometimes we force cloud-nine situations when we are actually supposed to be hitin' rock bottom,there is the place of such moments as well.life is a roller-coaster.
A nice article it reminds me about the parable of Jesus about the weed and the wheat A nicely done article bring more.
Wow. Wish this had come earlier. But its neva too late
You have nailed it once again Josh.I know there is more where that came from.
Man Joshua, this very real!!
Okey, got to live with it?
I always lov ua flow en the lesson behind your stories excellent.