Fruit

I love fruit - apples, pears, peaches, strawberries, figs, oranges, grapes, watermelon, bananas - fruit. We are blessed with fruit trees in our yard; we have about twenty-five apple trees, three pear trees, a fig bush, and about 300 feet if scuppernongs. We are truly blessed.

However, if you want fruit, if you want the trees to continue producing, you have to do some work. In the fall and winter, there is pruning that needs to take place. Limbs have to be pruned, dead branches have to be removed, fertilizer is a good addition; there is work to do.

Today's word is just a thought from something I read a while back. My thought is, "If you want the fruit, you must take care of the tree."

So many people want the fruit, whether it be money, possessions, relationships, but they don't want to have to tend the tree. They want money - they want you to go out and work and, then, give them the money you worked for. They want possessions - they want your possessions. And, they want a relationship but they aren't willing to invest the time or give up their own selfish desires to nurture that relationship.

There's only one way to truly get what you want - EARN IT. It's nice when people give me things; it's nicer when I have earned something. If you want the fruit, you must take care of the tree.

Be Blessed,
Mickey T