For those of you who don't know me well and maybe even for those of you who do, I am an ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE GARDENER!  Believe me, it isn't for a lack of trying either.  I used to be a Science teacher before becoming a mommy and I adore all living things.  So, it is definitely to my own dismay that I find I don't have the proverbial "green thumb".  I think it would be a more accurate description to say that I have a black thumb, because any plant that I touch and take under my wing to care for will surely be at death's door within the week!

As Spring is springing all around us, it leads me to the thought that nature is truly the best gardener, for every time I basically turn over my plant friends to nature and leave them be, they seem to flourish!  I guess I'm feeling a little philosophical, because I think that this is a good lesson to apply to our own lives as well.  When we try to control every detail and do everything little thing we think is right for ourselves, we can sometimes make things much worse.  The best course of action can sometimes be no action at all.  My roses in the backyard have taught me this today.  They are absolutely beautiful and doing better than ever and that's because I've let them be and truly let nature take its course.  No fertilizer, pesticides, pruning, etc.  Their lives have only had natural sunshine and rain in them and they're blooming beautifully!

So my thought for today is this...if life isn't going as planned and things are looking dreary, maybe the best thing to do right now is just sit back, relax and trust that in the end, everything is going to work out just as its supposed to.  As the Beatles so prophetically told us, "Let It Be"...