Spiritual Portal

This little mouth and what it can say can be more dangerous than a forest fire or a hurricane to a relationship if the wrong words are said at the wrong time. It is sometimes necessary to express an opinion and response to let ourselves be heard and to show we care, but most of the time if we’re not sure it’s better to say nothing.

This morning I was working on the tomatoes in the garden that I’m tending. Almost every time I work on the garden I notice some tomato plants are leaning over. They need support and the fruits that they give weigh down the rest of the plant. The difficult task is to put in a support stake without breaking limbs of the tomato plant. In the same way many of our friends and people we need have many gifts to bear however if we don’t support them at the right time we can break off limbs to connect us to them and are thriving friendship with them. If we have said something or done something wrong while trying to provide support we may break off a limb which will never be able to give fruit. We can hope that other limbs will grow and bear more fruit but the fact remains the limbs we break can never be replaced.

It is a difficult task to help others when they are ‘thick’. In the same way it is difficult to help a tomato plant stand up straight when it is thick with tangled limbs. At those times it is best to practice the presence and ask for help instead of acting with a frustrated nature. The results of our frustration will bring just that….more frustration. The results of love and sensitivity bring an entire different outcome.

It's all in the delivery.


BTW, tomato cages are very cheap. Put em in when they are young.

I make a mean tomato soup from tomatoes in garden, using the old manual food mill. Lots of work. Homemade roux. You probably wouldn't like it since it's got garlic and onion.

LOVE me some garlic and onion. =) And some may say I got a big mouth.  :'(