Last year, I carefully replanted Bob to this new location in the garden. All through the winter I worried about him getting through the cold with all his leaves and limbs attached. I was surprised and thrilled to see that he's full of flower buds this Spring.
Look at those buds! They're gorgeous and there are so many of them.
So - now I wait (impatiently) for the buds to open up. Every day I walk by him and encourage and cajole..... cheer-lead and try to persuade...... “Come on Bob, open up those buds and show me your flowers.”
You can imagine the response.
I'm not at the point of showing him a picture, but if I did, it would look like this.
Here is where Bob's lesson in patience comes in. I know I've done everything I can (chosen the new spot carefully, watered faithfully all summer, used fertilizer, covered him up in winter, etc), and now it's up to nature. Just because I want Bob to bloom now won't make it happen. Bob cannot be forced to blossom. No matter what I say or do, Bob's gonna bloom when he's good and ready – when the time is right. And when it does happen, the flowers will be beautiful.
I'm laughing as I write this, but I'm reminded of other times in my life that I try to force things to happen when I want them to. And, when they don't, I fret and worry.
Bob's teaching me a great lesson in patience and 'letting go'. When I've done everything I can, and there's no more I can do, worrying and fretting will not affect the outcome. I've got to let go. In some cases, my agenda and schedule just don't matter.
So, I'm going to practice patience and 'letting go' this week.... of course I will start with some 'small stuff' and I will prepare and do what ever I can to achieve my goal, but once that's done, I'm going to remember Bob's lesson. I'm going to practice being patient; 'let go' of the desire to have the outcome happen 'now', and allow things to happen naturally.... and I guess we'll see what happens...... maybe the result will be even better than I'd expected.
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