I did it again. I forgot what is really important. Doing and pursuing things that are urgent but not important has led me down paths that, when I look back, I think "why did I do that?" Or worse, "what a waste of time" or "I didn't even enjoy it." I've done this over and over. And every time I think I've learned my lesson, at some future point I find that the learning didn't stick. It's happened again.
Last fall I was so "busy" I forgot to plant my fall crop of garlic. And this year my gardening took a back seat to other things. I'm not sure exactly what took its place, but something did. No doubt something that screamed "urgent!" And so when I got my last tomato CSA yesterday, it struck me that another summer (of which there are only a limited number left) was gone and I'd not enjoyed my garden as I had in past years. I didn't give much to it and it didn't give much to me. Fair and tremendously unsatisfying.
Then I looked at some tomatoes, a few peppers, a bit of fruit and flowers sitting on my counter and was content again. The garden's bounty may not have cheered me during the growing season, but all that beauty sitting on my counter reminded me of that planting and tending my food is one of the most important things in my life. It's nothing to be missed.Actually, nothing that satisfying could be more urgent.
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