Growth

Four or five years ago we tried our hand at gardening. Turns out that we are much better at tending to pets than we are at tending to a garden.
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But every year the strawberries return.
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Without any effort from us, they awaken and grace us with their beauty.
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Droughts.
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Frosts.
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Hurricanes.
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Complete and total neglect.
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They persist.
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Today this strawberry, the first from the forgotten bunch for this year, reminds me that we all have everything we need inside of us already.
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Like these strawberries, we can persist and continue to grow, even when no one believes in us, we feel forgotten, or the odds are stacked against us.
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Grow.