The Gardener and the Earl
In an old small mining village in South Wales, there was a poor miner who received a lot of land as compensation from a mine accident. It was the scrubbiest, hardest, rockiest burnt earth scrub of earth.
One day, the Earl was passing. He was admired of what this crippled miner could do.
"Goodly work!" he shouted over the fence to the miner, "look at what you and the Lord can do!"
"Yes we can!" - gaily replied the gardener "But, you should have seen it when God had it all to himself." This fun snippet is a Quaker metaphor.
This can apply to life, if you are willing to make your life.
It does apply to your life. It is your here and now.
There are several gardens in one life. The miner found his spiritual garden long before he received his 'a-lot-meant'....
http://www.quakerquaker.org/profiles/blogs/metaphors-for-quakers
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00335638309383663?journalCode=rqjs20#preview
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-ratner/rare-old-color-photos-of-_b_6513044.html
In an old small mining village in South Wales, there was a poor miner who received a lot of land as compensation from a mine accident. It was the scrubbiest, hardest, rockiest burnt earth scrub of earth.
One day, the Earl was passing. He was admired of what this crippled miner could do.
"Goodly work!" he shouted over the fence to the miner, "look at what you and the Lord can do!"
"Yes we can!" - gaily replied the gardener "But, you should have seen it when God had it all to himself." This fun snippet is a Quaker metaphor.
This can apply to life, if you are willing to make your life.
It does apply to your life. It is your here and now.
There are several gardens in one life. The miner found his spiritual garden long before he received his 'a-lot-meant'....
http://www.quakerquaker.org/profiles/blogs/metaphors-for-quakers
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00335638309383663?journalCode=rqjs20#preview
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-ratner/rare-old-color-photos-of-_b_6513044.html
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