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Each summer as I bite into a juicy, homegrown tomato, I think of a humorous event concerning a time, as a seminary student, when three of us sought permission to plant a garden. Our house of studies was located in the downtown area of a large metropolitan city. There wasn't much of a backyard. Actually, it was a stone-covered dirt parking lot with no extra space. However, we carefully planned our garden, taking into account the area that received optimal sunshine. The three of us approached the superior with our plan for a small area to plant some squash, tomatoes and cucumbers. The only real cost involved was to rent a rake, a pick-ax and a hoe. However, getting the superior's permission would still be difficult. None of us who were involved with this garden project will ever forget his response to our request. With a slightly bored, tilting of his head he glanced at us and abjectly replied, "You're wasting your time. Nothing will ever grow there! But, go ahead if you still want to." We had received permission from on high! So what if it wasn't enthusiastic. We rented tools; raked four inches of stones into neat walls outlining the garden; hoisted the pickax and struck what must have been a former refuse area. A gardener's dream—dark, composted, fertile soil just sitting there waiting to be discovered. We looked at each other with broad grins and repeated in unison, "Ah, nothing will grow there." As you might have surmised by now, things did grow there, in our garden. In fact, twice we re-staked the tomatoes, topping them off, finally, when they were seven feet tall. They seemed more like tomato trees than plants. Whenever a group of us from those seminarian days get together, the story of our little garden is re-told. "Nothing will ever grow there!" Isn't it amazing how much can be learned from planting a garden—about life, about people? How often have you said about another person, whether elderly, middle aged, a teenager, or a child, that nothing will ever grow there? Perhaps all that is needed is for someone to help that person rake away some of the stones that are covering up the rich, fertile soil-of-life, just waiting to be discovered. Brian Gavanaugh  Quote this article on your site | Views: 455 | Print | E-mail
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Second Sunday in Advent
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