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SOW What!

How 'planting' seeds of goodness makes good things grow...

Even though I began my little ‘gardening’ endeavor a bit late into the season this year, it is STILL producing for me. It’s amazing to me how those teeny-tiny seeds or itty-bitty plants culminate into a delicious food-stuff or beautiful flower; taking barely ANY effort on my behalf to do so. Sowing seeds of ‘goodness’ and love in life is equally as effortless, when one thinks about it; for all it takes is a bit of tolerance, understanding, and patience before one will discover the ‘fruit’ of his or her labor in the people around him or herself and within one’s-self, as well.. God does not want us to ‘reap’ destruction, so He asks us to sow what is ‘good and right’; and like Jesus we are asked to sow ‘good’ seeds in all places at all times. The concept of ‘sowing what we wish to reap’ sounds simple enough’; yet for some, as we witness all around us, it is NOT so, for they are ‘scatterers’ of seeds of negativity and hatred and do, indeed, ‘reap what they sow’. As in most aspects of life, what we ‘put out’ into the Universes is, decidedly, what we get back in turn. Funny how that works! It is very true that, often, we may not see the ‘fruit of our labor’ as quickly as we may like; but, rest-assured...it’ll happen, for love grows where love exists. If one is patient and kind, one WILL, inevitable, witness the effort of his or her ‘sowing’. So...BE a ‘gardener’ of goodness and get ready to ‘reap’ the amazing ‘fruit’ that this will encourage to grow. Before you know it, the ‘harvest’ will be in and ripe for the pickin’! Just Sayin’...

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