Life- It’s such a mystery at times, and others it isn’t. I’ve learned in life- (especially more so this past year) that when we are given something, be it information or a particular situation, it’s information. What we do with that information is up to us.
Relationships… Something I spent some time reflecting on when I was ‘home’ for the holidays, and even since I’ve returned home. Relationships that I would have once considered to be lost have resurfaced and are stronger than ever before- other relationships, the ones that are a rock in my life- continue to be so, and I think of them and remind myself just how blessed I am. I’m grateful.
There are others- where our lives have become two different roads, and while there is no malice- our lives continue down different paths, while we wish each other the best on the journey. I guess you could see it as two cars driving along-side each other on a highway, and one comes to a different road that will take them where they need to go, while the other continues straight. Both moving forward, but both on different journeys. Neither wrong, just different.
Those relationships are also something that I value in my garden of life- because regardless of where the path may take us- they have all been a gift and a lesson.
Our relationships are like flowers in a beautiful garden. What we nurture, will grow. What isn’t nurtured, will eventually wither away.
How are you tending your relationship gardens?