Newsletter Article August 2009
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Okay, now to the article...
Life...On Earth
Is Bigger Always Better?
By: Brent Wilson
August is just one of those months. It's hot as...well, you know... Texas ! - and some of us are counting down the days to Fall and some cooler weather...unless, of course, you happen to live up north where folks are wondering if they're ever gonna have a Summer '09? Some say the earth is getting hotter every year, but try telling that right now to the folks who live up north.
This is life on earth...we just can't tell the future. We never know what's gonna happen from one day to the next, much less one season to the next.
Supposedly we're in this terrible economy, but then Wilson Bros Nursery is having a record year. What's up with that? I mean...we're not complaining...but it seems to us that folks still have things they love to do and money to spend doing it, such as gardening and watching things grow.
Maybe it's just that some priorities are changing? Maybe, for a while, it was all about buying bigger houses, bigger cars, bigger television sets and the big payments that went along with getting all that big stuff? Maybe, bigger isn't always better...but then, maybe there is something Bigger that is better? Not that houses, cars and TV's aren't special in their own way to some degree.
Maybe too much focus on the big stuff has distracted us from something even much bigger: whatever it is that tells the apple seed to turn into an apple tree? Have we stopped spinning around enough lately to take notice of this HUGE magnificent process that is occurring all around us each and every moment of every day? An apple seed that grows into a big tree that produces fruit which contains more apple seeds...well, this is something truly amazing...much more amazing than any house, car, or TV...though these things are are quite amazing in their own right. This process has been going on for thousands or billions of years (depending on your religious beliefs), and maybe even forever?
Could it be, that now, after having been distracted by all the "little big stuff", we're being drawn back to nature; this creative intelligent force and what it might have to offer? Surely, if It can turn a little seed into a tree right before our very own eyes, there is something very extra special going on here? To connect more with this creative force might be beneficial?
Jesus Christ told people to "observe the lilies" and to "look at the grass of the field." Why? Maybe so that when we became too focused on less-important other things in the world that leave us feeling stressed out or unfulfilled, we could always refuel and find enjoyment (be in-joy) by simply observing the magnificent creation and/or joining in with the creative flow all around us? Anybody, even one with no arms or legs, can simply observe a flower. If you can't look at a flower, you can touch, smell or taste it. If you can't look at, touch, smell or taste a flower, well....you are like the flower and there is nothing to bother you or worry about, literally:)
"Observe the lily; it is here today and gone tomorrow, but neither does it toil or spin."
Maybe as less-important important big stuff became too overly important in our lives, we're being drawn to other more enjoyable things and activities, such as gardening, that can refill us with energy, verses sapping it away? This may answer my original question and explain why our nursery is having a record year in what has been one of the most worrisome recessions we can remember? Folks are simply being drawn back to the wonder working power of nature, and gardening is one of the best activities in which to re-member and reconnect! Gardening may be one of the most popular things the Doctor is prescribing now for mankind: growing ourselves by growing in the garden.
So we at Wilson Bros are still here, alive, well and growing. We are not only growing plants, but also growing the web site. If you are interested in getting into gardening that's what we are here for: to provide information, ideas and assistance. This is why you've been seeing some big creative changes to our web site. We want to do whatever we can to assist others in their own gardens. If you have ideas as to how we can make the web site better please let us know.
In the not-too-distant future we will be providing all of our visitors, including ourselves, with fun and exciting ways to interact and exchange information on our web site. More about that when we get closer to it.
WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!
We are looking for a new, shorter domain name for the web site and would really like to have your opinion. On the Home Page, we have an Opinion Poll where you can select from 4 different names we've come up with so far. The Opinion Poll is just to the right of the Featured Coupons section. If you don't like any of the names in the poll, and have a better idea for a new domain name for our web site please let us know here. If we choose the new name you come up - that isn't on our poll - we'll give you $200!
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