Planting Seeds of Kindness - Motivation Monday

Planting Seeds of Kindness

Living here at JumbleBerry Farm,

I totally understand 

"you reap what you sow".

I know we can't plant tomato seeds

and harvest green beans.

These are some of the tomato plants we have up

and people in our county will enjoy tomatoes throughout the summer and into the fall.

But they will definitely be tomatoes!

No corn, green beans, squash, or pumpkins.

If we want corn,

we have to plant corn seed

and so on.

I, and I'm sure you're noticing too,

there is a LOT of negativity and meanness

on social media, in the news, on the radio and just about any where else you look.  

I hear people say,

"why can't we all just get along?"

And in the next breath, that very same person

will be practically screaming something ugly

 about someone else they don't agree with.

I don't know about you,

but I didn't get along with my parents all the time,

I didn't get along with my siblings all the time,

I didn't even get along with my friends all the time,

I don't get along with my spouse all the time,

I don't even get along with myself all the time.

Why should anyone think that everyone on social media, or TV or radio or even at McDonalds

 should agree all the time.

But,

and it's a pretty big but,

we don't have to be so

disagreeable

ugly

hateful or

mean

all the time.

The law of the harvest is

you reap what you sow,

so,

if everyone is sowing seeds of

doubt,

 anger,

 hatred,

mistrust,

and argumentativeness

all the time,

should we be surprised that that is what we harvest.

I really like Instagram

because it's pretty.

People sharing pics that are pretty 

and interesting.

Not much drama!

I like that!

But occasionally I get sucked into the black hole of Twitter

and man, that can get nasty.

Quickly.

Back to my tomatoes.

You can't sow seeds all day long of

doubt, 

anger,

hatred, or

mistrust

and expect to receive back

friendship,

peace,

calm,

beauty.

Sowing seeds of kindness are necessary

if you want to receive kindness in return.

If we are always looking for the ulterior motive in other peoples actions, 

we probably will not find

loyalty,

compassion,

friendship,

or love.

We get what we give.

Have a great day and sow some kindness seeds today!

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