Abundant is the perfect word to describe the garden during the summer season, and I just know there’s a lesson in there for us all.
Because while yes, I’m seeing such an abundance right now, my garlic took just over six months of nourishment before providing me with the abundance that I see today.
And while we may expect abundance to fall in our own laps too, we tend to discredit the process. Even though the journey is really where the beauty lies.
What fun is having all the things without the blood sweat and tears that goes into it?
I actually wonder how we’d feel if we never had to lift a finger and all of the abundance drifted on over to us.
Would we receive it?
Would we appreciate it?
Your guess is as good as mine, honestly.
But what I do know is, like garlic, I too need times of nourishment. Times of growing my roots. Times where on the surface, it may look like nothing is even happening.
But pretty soon, like maybe even a half a year later, I realize that all of those tiny steps forward really do add up. And when you dig the bulbs out of the ground, you may just find you have some of the most beautiful and nourishing garlic you’ve ever seen.
So join me in taking the lesson from my garden abundance.
We’ll all bloom in our own time.
And when the bloom does come, we just might find that the journey is what really mattered.
May you find abundance too,
Kaitlyn
