So many things require our attention everyday - - kids, jobs, friends, the house, the yard - and this time of year... maybe a garden. If you are a gardener, it's the time of year to think about planting. And then comes the watering, weeding, feeding, and pruning. And months of care, lots of waiting, and patient watching until something beautiful comes on the plant. Finally, after weeks and months of work and waiting, you can enjoy the flowers, or the fruit, or the vegetables... you can enjoy the rewards of your efforts.
If only all of our investments and efforts brought such sure results. Every area of our lives demands work and attention... watering, weeding, feeding, and pruning. It can seem, though, as if we'll never enjoy that which we hoped to produce. The promotion never happens, the grades don't get any better, the relationship with your mom just never seems to improve. When we get impatient with the working and the waiting, we're tempted to pull up stakes and move on to the ne
