Happiness=A Garden

Just a few snapshots of my garden

This is what makes me happy!

Garden Magic

This is the garden's magic,

That through the sunny hours
The gardener who tends it, Himself outgrows his flowers.

He grows by gift of patience,

Since he who sows must know

That only in the Lord's good time

Does any seedling grow

He learns from buds unfolding,

From each tight leaf unfurled,

That his own heart, expanding,

Is one with all the world

He bares his head to sunshine,

His bending back a sign

Of grace, and ev'ry shower becomes

His sacramental wine.

And when at last his labors

Bring forth the very stuff

And substance of all beauty

This is reward enough.

-MARIE NETTLETON CARROLL