Seeds of Life

During a personal quiet time during a beautiful morning, I found time to ponder and meditate. I began thinking that there is something within each one of us that attracted us to the landscape industry and allied trades – something that I’ll refer to as “a calling of the heart.”

It was with much thoughtfulness that you made that decision…making sure you made the right choice. I like to consider that decision a seed that is planted in the “soil” of our mind…in the garden of our life. Decisions, decisions. To grow a crop, you must first clean an area of any debris and rocks, fertilize and condition the soil to receive the seeds you wish to grow. Your expectation of each row of seeds is that it will follow its nature – along with good maintenance and care.

Mother Nature takes care of the process of production. Our expectation is in the harvest. How this happens is the wonder.

In each of our lives we make choices and plant “idea seeds” into the soil of our conscious mind. Each one of us determines what kind of results we are going to have by the preparation and care given to our garden of life.

As it is with your design idea for a client – first the conceptual design possibilities; then the ideas planted in the “mind’s soil.”

Following prep and care, any hardscape and the balance of plant pallets used. Expectations and beauty achieved. Lastly, an award winner.

We each express our individual talents and abilities with outstanding results. You may not think about it this way, but every single idea you actually put into the “soil” of your mind has a result – like a seed planted – of what that thinking is all about. It all depends on the prep construction before the desire – good or undesirable. In our vocations that isn’t too complex to understand. At least, it’s my opinion while I recognize my pondering this morning.

Think on this as Love Does, Always. – Dave Junod, Sheridan Landscaping, Inc.

“If you want to make enemies, try to change something.” – Woodrow Wilson

“Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things man chooses or avoids.” – Aristotle

(And…) “A friend is a person who knows all about you – and still likes you.” – G. Hubbard