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Harvesting Life’s Lessons is a blog that explores the parallels between gardening and life. It focuses on the idea that both gardening and life involve planting seeds, nurturing growth, and reaping the rewards. The blog’s mission is to:
- Inspire: Encourage readers to find inspiration and motivation in the natural world.
- Educate: Share knowledge and insights about gardening and personal growth.
- Empower: Equip readers with tools and strategies to cultivate a fulfilling and meaningful life.
By examining the lessons learned from gardening, Harvesting Life’s Lessons aims to help readers develop a deeper understanding of themselves and their place in the world.
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Legacy Over Applause
The need for validation faded with time. He realized applause is temporary, but impact is lasting. What mattered most was how he showed up when no one was watching. Continue reading
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Still Becoming
There was a time he thought growth had an expiration date. That if certain dreams didn’t happen early, they never would. Aging taught him that timing isn’t failure, it’s preparation. He began to see life as a series of seasons,… Continue reading
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Weathered Not Worn
Time had left its marks, but none of them were accidental. Each ache, each scar, each pause carried a lesson earned the hard way. He stopped seeing them as flaws and started seeing them as proof of perseverance. There was… Continue reading
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The Weight He Set Down
For years, he carried responsibilities that were never meant to be permanent. Expectations, comparisons, unspoken pressure all stacked quietly on his shoulders. He didn’t realize how heavy it was until he finally stopped carrying it. Continue reading
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The Quiet Trail
He once believed strength meant pushing harder and moving faster. But the trail taught him something different. There was power in pacing himself, in listening to his body, in honoring the terrain instead of fighting it. Nature didn’t rush him,… Continue reading
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Back In The Days Of A Generation X’er “The Good Old Days”
I experienced a floppy disk, hard disk, AIL, and AI, Yo MTV raps Tupac conspiracy theories, 9/11 attacks, Rodney King, Oj Simpson, middle east wars, a pandemic, the elimination of encyclopedia Britannic’s, the dictionarys, and Newspapers and now AI conspiracies,… Continue reading
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A Golden Journey
It’s awkwardly pleasant day. As the rain lightly falls on the yellowed winter grass. I reminisce in my mind the many times my mother would purposefully include me on her venture to go “antiquing”. As a teenager, i hated most… Continue reading
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