Garden man

Caring takes so many different forms than one would like to think.
I think we as humans were made to care for something...someone. For some, it's a career, a hobby, a child, a spouse, dream...etc.

I like to make up stories about people. Keeps life interesting. So...I usually run by this man's house (I know I sound like a creeper...) and I always notice his garden. It's so well kept and always decorated with some new plants. I know I have written about him before in my blog and I am not sure why I keep coming around to it.

Since the winter storm is over, he has started watering his grass again. It's amazing...everyone else's grass is dead and yellow while his is greener than ever. He takes such special care of his yard. It's one of the things I look forward to on my runs...there's only so much between pavement, roads and potential sticks in my way. ( I have seen a trail of breadcrumbs before and I had hoped they'd lead me to something great but sadly enough they stopped and I was fairly disappointed.)

I'd like to think he is this bachelor who prides himself in caring for this garden of his. I don't know if anyone even knows he loves his garden so much or if anyone tells him what a fantastic job he is doing. Every time I go on my runs, I get to be a witness of his life and the garden that he pours his time into. Refreshing, yes, refreshing is the exact word to describe this.

It's pretty neat to see someone tend to something and further see it blossom under their care. I wish we could try to understand that concept more..."taking care" of things. What does that mean these days? Half-heartedly doing things? Doing it because we feel obligated to? Possibly because it's the "right" way of doing things? There's just so much more to it.

I guess the results indicate how we care for those things or people...etc. The results are directly tied to our intentions. The garden man (aw this is what I will call him) certainly pours his heart in to his garden and you can tell. I'd like to think he lives a very simple life...but it says alot.

A simple caring gardener.

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