Hi Steve, I like this one. Thanks for sharing. Original message: > A Pot Of Panatunies > As many times before, my gardening rituals brought about some thoughts. > The other day I learned a lesson; but not one of which I didn't know > about already. The lesson just became clearer because of my hands-on > experience. > We have a large pot of panatunies growing in our back yard. You might > ask, What are panatunies? > When our daughter was about 3 years old, she proclaimed the name of our > petunias by combining the name pansies and petunias. We have used that > name ever since to describe our petunias. > Just like roses, if you want more blooms to occur on your petunias, you > need to snap off the dried up buds. > I don't mind at all deadheading petunias or roses; in fact it's rather > relaxing. > But here I was working with this big pot of petunias, which are a > beautiful deep purple. > As I was standing on one side of the pot, I picked all the dead ones I > could see, and thought I was through. > However, as I began to move around the pot, I began to see more and > more of them. > For a while I thought I would never finish. > I began to lift up the stems to discover more underneath. > The result I am always trying to bring about, is to help maintain a > nice looking pot of panatunies. This work always rewards me with new blooms. > A few days of laziness had got me to this place and I was paying the price. > The thought that came to me is that if we procrastinate, we pay a price > or even worse. > We may have to do something over and over to keep the beauty of what we > want to accomplish. > In other words, change your perception, your view. Heck, stand at a > different spot if you have to. There are times (sometimes many) that > you feel you're going around in circles picking off old dried blooms, > but what you are really doing is clearing up old negative garbage and > being persistent trying out new ideas. > If you want your life to look and feel great, there are times that you > may have to do something over and over while you're looking under your > old beliefs and picking them off to bring forth new and vibrant ones. > Ideas with right action equal a great life, but if you don't feel > you're there yet then go back to the pot of panatunies and start over again. > You will then find your life enriched with new vibrant blooms.
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