The giving earth!

I returned yesterday after a week of travel, to find the garden around our cottage, looking green and fresh in spite of the day temperature soaring to 36 degree celsius on most days. The respite was brought by short spells of rain in the evening on couple of days. 

We feel grateful to our domestic helper, who tends the garden and irrigates it during the summer. 

The flowers and fruits in the garden give a decorative look. The cashew nut trees look colourful from a distance with the blossoms and different generation of fruits. We look forward to a good yield from the Rambutan trees. The banana plants seem to thrive. 

What greeted me on arrival was the flower vase in our sitting area, which Anna stocked with lilies from our garden. 

 

A garden has different symbolic messages. 

One message that came to me was the resilience the plants and trees convey while being exposed to high day time temperature and humidity!

The recent earthquake in Myamnar and Bangkok and the drivenness of the president of America to settle territorial dispute by threat of war and the aggressive attitude of Israeli prime minister to occupy Gaza by depriving the Palestinians their rightful occupation, send shock waves to human consciousness- have we returned to the culture of dominance and control, after having been advocates for equality, fraternity and freedom after the second World War?  

The earth brings its yield to sustain life on earth. To think that the farming in Ukraine which brought rich yield of food to other countries has come to a halt since the Russian invasion is far too much to bear!

The human psyche and mindset seem to shift towards selfish pursuit! How we loose out in being noble and generous when a neighbouring country is viewed to be subdued!

I return to our garden around our cottage. It provides us disproportionate yield than corresponding to the attention we offer!  

We receive more than we give!

This is the lesson our garden brings to my attention!

M.C.Mathew(text and photo)