Dandelions
There is a story.
A gardener who took inordinate pride in his lawn was plagued with large crop of dandelions.
He tried get rid of them. He tried everything. Still they returned. Still they plagued him.
Finally he wrote to the local council, thinking that they must have the answer. He listed all the measures he had taken and asked “What shall I do now?” On official letterhead, by return post, the reply came: “We suggest you learn to love them.”
Sometimes in life things don’t turn out exactly as planned. The job isn’t the dream position you’d thought it was. The paradise island turns out to be a bit of a nightmare. Your partner snores at night and leaves the top off the toothpaste. Your team loses in extra time.
You can try to resist, swimming against the tide to make things different. Or, sometimes you can relax and go with the flow. Not give up exactly, just give in to the inevitable. And it’s amazing what can happen. The thing you wanted to change might just end up changing you.
I always hated dandelions, but my two-year-old son loves them. He likes to blow the seeds and see where they land. Now I love dandelions too. And though my lawn is an overgrown mess, my life is working out just fine. JK
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