ACCEPTING CHANGE:

One day, my mother and I were working together in the garden. We
were transplanting some plants for the third time. Grown from seed
in a small container, the plants had been transferred to a larger
container; then transplanted into the garden. Now, because I was
moving, we were transplanting them again.

Inexperienced as a gardener, I turned to my green-thumbed
mother. “Isn’t this bad for them?” I asked, as we dug them up and
shook the dirt from their roots. “Won’t it hurt these plants being
uprooted and transplanted so many times?”

“Oh, no,” my mother replied. “Transplanting doesn’t hurt them. In
fact, it’s good for the ones that survive. That’s how their roots grow
strong. Their roots will grow deep, and they’ll make strong plants.”

Often, I’ve felt like those small plants – uprooted and turned
upside down. Sometimes, I’ve endured the change willingly,
sometimes reluctantly, but usually my reaction has been a
combination.

Won’t this be hard on me? I ask. Wouldn’t it be better if things
remained the same? That’s when I remember my mother’s words:
That’s how the roots grow deep and strong.

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