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copyright © 2003, by Karyn
Greenstreet. All rights reserved.
My
great-great-grandmother lived on a dairy farm. She loved flowers,
especially her roses. In front of the small, white farm house, she
planted seeds each year. If the soil, weather and insect gods smiled
down on her in the right proportions, she was rewarded with a lovely
display which warmed her heart and soul.
Trouble began to brew
when her husband decided that the flowers and seeds were frivolous for a
farm. He insisted that she spend her time tending to the vegetable
garden, the house and the children. He refused to buy flower seeds
or plants for her. Deciding that cow manure, in overflowing supply
on the dairy farm, was better used in the fields for fertilizer, he
refused her even a meager supply for her roses.
She was, by all
accounts, an honest and thrifty woman. She bowed to her husband in
all things. But this beauty, this love of flowers, made her bold.
Late at night, while
her husband slept and dreamed of greater milk yields, she crept out to the
barn and stole manure from the large pile. Silently in the darkness,
she worked the manure into the soil around her precious roses until the
soil and manure became one. She smoothed the surface of the soil,
covering any tell-tale signs that manure had been added, washed her hands,
and went to bed.
The roses that year
were the best ever.
In our search for truth
and beauty, we often run across manure -- unappealing things, people or
events. But behind the facade, there are life lessons to be learned:
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Sometimes,
we need a little manure in our lives to help us grow.
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If
the manure doesn't come to us, we often go out and find it.
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If
we take time to understand the nature of the manure, we can work it
into the soil of our lives, to enhance our personal growth.
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After
manure enters our lives, we can smooth the soil to make it appear as
if things are still the same, but underneath it all, the soil is
forever changed.
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Karyn Greenstreet is a Self Employment expert and small business coach. She
shares tips, techniques and strategies with self-employed people to boost
clarity and focus, create sustainable motivation, and increase sales and
profits.
Visit her website at
www.PassionForBusiness.com
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