When the Garden Is Quiet, Keep Growing

Some stay silent not from indifference, but to watch you grow. So keep creating anyway

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Every year in the garden of the farmer there is a little story that plays out.

When he sows the seeds, little, unassuming specks that do not resemble seeds at all, he is patient.

Each day he waters the soil, hums something, and walks away. For a few weeks, nothing happened.

If you happened to visit in those early days, you would think he is a victim to hope, watering empty soil waiting for a miracle.

Yet he remains full of faith, knowing that though nothing is happening above ground, something is happening below. Roots are being formed, where no eye has detection.

The seeds are getting to know the earth, waiting for the right combination of sun and moisture to dare to emerge.

And then one day, as if by magic, there are the first green shoots. What appeared to be lifeless soil has burst into a still life of growth.

People Are Similar to A Garden

You share your ideas, your art, your work, even your thoughts, and hear nothing. You feel the world is quiet. You wonder if anyone is listening, watching, or caring at all…