“As the spring planting season comes to a close, say a prayer of gratitude for the softness of the earth. A perfectly solid and impermeable tract of land would allow no access for the plow or the trowel, no nurturing crevice or cranny for seeds to enter and take root.
The lesson applies to ourselves as well. Some of us insist on perfection and cultivate seamless exteriors, flawless emotional surfaces that attract admiration. But without allowing for imperfections and admitting weaknesses and vulnerabilities we will never grow. Like the earth, we require a certain invasion by others in order to make the most of our potential. Don’t be too shiny and hard; let ideas take root in you.”
From Earth Bound: Daily Meditations For All Seasons by Brian Nelson
Chorlton Unitarians 