Harvest time reminds me of my personal growth.
It reminds me of the journey in life I have taken from planting to harvest because change and growth have taken place.
After the planting or when I am sowing some seeds, it feels as if nothing happened under the ground, as this planting has changed my role from sower (planter) to a farmer.
I felt the ginger in my backyard pots was not growing the past winter. There was no evidence that plants exited. But eventually digging it up showed the opposite. In the hope to get plump and delicious pieces of ginger, I kept watering the ‘bare’ soil for months. I could do this because I knew what I have planted.
I remembered my friend, who gave me the ginger rhizomes with good instructions, including often feeding them with plant food. He reminded me not to dig them up before springtime. (This happened after I dug some up for another friend).
My first ginger harvest reminded me again that growth happens in times when it seems nothing is taking place – when it feels as if life becomes cold and hostile around us.
One part of the growing process is that I cannot go back, digging up the seeds or rhizomes I have planted. I have to keep ‘watering’ my dreams, ‘feeding’ my visions and resolving to never abandon the planting of my dream by keeping nurturing it with the ‘good food’ of my thoughts. There will be times I have to chase away pests attacking my thoughts, making me believe I am ‘crazy’ to hold on to my dream. I then have to protect my dreams against my own plans to give up.
To believe again in my dreams, I usually stand still and breathe. And wait and wait again, remembering how much I have grown to get where I am today.
Some things in life you can plan, but some things need time. This is when you need patience in waiting for reaping your harvest at the right time.
I have learned my waiting must never be passive. Besides keeping the pests of doubt and fear away from my mind, I think like an athlete – patiently working with small steps of slow progress every day. The athlete would pound the road when everyone is still sleeping, lift heavier weights or do the extra work – even feeling they are not making it.
The gratification of waiting a long time for your dream to become a reality will feel like I felt when I was eventually harvesting my plump, delicious ginger. And this is worth the wait.
And after your victory, repeat what you have done to get there – to stay there. Because if I don’t plant ginger in my backyard pots, I will have no ginger after next year’s winter.🌻
Copyright Annalie Anticevich© October 2022
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