What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Weeds fascinate me. I aspire to be a weed. Annuals and perennials aren't for me. Sure they have a purpose and serve it well but they're not for me.
Annuals are pretty, and grow in
many beautiful colors and are pleasant to look at. But they're fragile. If the conditions they're planted in aren't
exactly perfect, they wither and die.
Even when the planting conditions are favorable and they get the right
amount of sun and water, they only survive for a season and then they're gone.
Perennials require a lot of the
same pampering as annuals even though they are much more hardy. They will come back for a few seasons but
even they are susceptible to drought, cold and heat and other less favorable
conditions.
But weeds have the secret to
survival. They are tenacious, strong and
resilient. No matter what comes at
them….no matter what is done to try to eradicate them, weeds never give
up. They hold on. Even if you mow them down, poison them or
pull them up by the roots (or at least you think you do), they continue to
grow. It's almost as if they laugh in
the face of what is trying to destroy them.
They adjust and adapt to the conditions.
Whether they are in full or part sun, shade, drought, cold or heat,
weeds adapt.
Some weeds are even pretty and
have earned a place as grass, ornamentals, medicine and flowers of choice
rather than something that we have the desire to eliminate.
It's almost as if weeds know they
have a purpose and are going to do everything within their power to survive and
serve that purpose. You may even call it
destiny. They don't fit in with the
crowd. There is always something just a
bit different about them. I've known
people like this. I call them
trendsetters.
So why not be a weed? A tenacious, strong, resilient trendsetter
that laughs in the face of anything that tries to destroy you or keep you from
fulfilling your purpose and destiny.
Patrick Carden
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