{"id":435,"date":"2011-09-19T23:27:20","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T23:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pinkletoesblogstalker.com\/blog\/?p=435"},"modified":"2011-09-19T23:27:20","modified_gmt":"2011-09-19T23:27:20","slug":"weeding_out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pinkletoesblogstalker.com\/blog\/weeding_out\/","title":{"rendered":"weeding."},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"my-garden.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/pinkletoesblogstalker.com\/my-garden.jpg\" width=\"910\" height=\"607\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" \/><\/div>\n<div>A few years ago, I decided to try my hand at something completely new.<\/div>\n<div>I picked out a small plot of land and made a little clearing.<\/div>\n<div>In that clearing, I carefully planted a few little seeds.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>After a few weeks of constant vigilance, life started to grow in my garden.<\/div>\n<div>It was small, but it was beautiful.<\/div>\n<div>It made me excited.<\/div>\n<div>It made me happy.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>As with most gardens, a few weeds sprouted here and there.<\/div>\n<div>At first, I was&nbsp;diligent&nbsp;in removing the weeds.<\/div>\n<div>However, after a short time of neglect, they became bolder, more plentiful.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I couldn&#8217;t keep up, so I decided that a few weeds were okay.<\/div>\n<div>I told myself that they were natural.<\/div>\n<div>I said the weeds were pretty.<br \/>I even photographed in them ;-).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Eventually, I could no longer see my garden.<\/div>\n<div>I had actually forgotten what I had planted there.<\/div>\n<div>The weeds had taken over.<\/div>\n<div>There were too many.<\/div>\n<div>The weeds became the garden.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I didn&#8217;t want to go to my garden anymore.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>So I started to visit other gardens.<\/div>\n<div>Their gardens were so well-maintained.<\/div>\n<div>They had the prettiest blooms.<\/div>\n<div>They had the best-smelling flowers.<\/div>\n<div>Even the bees liked other gardens more than mine.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I didn&#8217;t want to visit other gardens anymore.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I&#8217;m a terrible gardener.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Gardening sucks.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>**********************<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>But I still like flowers.<\/div>\n<div>I miss my flowers.<\/div>\n<div>I wish I could dig up all of those old weeds and see those flowers again.<\/div>\n<div>Maybe I should.<\/div>\n<div>Ugh, but there&#8217;s too many.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>I can&#8217;t even face it.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>What if I just pull one?<\/div>\n<div>Just one.<\/div>\n<div>Hmph.<\/div>\n<div>That wasn&#8217;t too bad.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Didn&#8217;t make much progress though.<\/div>\n<div>Tomorrow, I&#8217;ll pull another one. 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