The Gardener and the Seed

The gardener goes to the flower shop to buy some seeds.

On the package of the seed, he sees the beauty of the matured flower.

He sees the potential in the seed and falls in love with her.

He takes the seed home and plants her.

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One gardener gives the seed all the nutrients and care she needs. He goes the extra mile to show her how much he loves her and she grows into a beautiful plant leaving a sweet fragrance everywhere she goes. She also brings forth healthy seeds too and soon, his garden is filled with much loveliness.

Another gardener gives the seed the bare necessities, and she doesn't grow very well. She struggles to become a straggly plant with dying leaves and never fully blooms. She manages to bear seeds too, but they are tainted by the environment in which she is planted and in no time, his garden is filled with scruffy, sickly plants.

After a while, her gardener begins to grumble about her development. He looks across his fence and sees the other gardener’s beautiful plant and then begins to blame the seed. He says his seed was not good.

I wonder, is this true? Who has the problem, the gardener or the seed?

This is the story of the woman and her man.

The woman is the seed.

With the right man, who is willing to give her all the love and care she needs; a man who has the foresight and is willing to create the right environment for her to become all she is capable of becoming, she blooms beautifully and reaches her full potential.

She beautifies his life in every area and she bears/raises excellent and well adjusted children. Eventually, he becomes a respected man with an enviable home and family life.

Nothing does as much damage to a woman than an intimate relationship with a man who does not care about her environment. With resilience she may struggle to grow but he and everyone around her will never receive her best. Worst of all, her children will also struggle because they will all be limited by her environment.

A flower will never bloom with a loveless and careless gardener.

O man, tend your own garden.