Sometimes life is not on time, or in the place where we think it should be...but it can still be good. I got a small tomato plant someone gave me in July. When I brought it home and planted it in a pot on my deck, my mom (our resident Eeyore ) said, "That will never give you tomatoes. Why are you fooling with it?". I said, "l don't know. Let's see what happens." So it grew and grew. It fell over once in a storm and a couple of large branches got knocked off. My mom again asked, "What are you doing with that tomato plant?" (she's got memory issues.) So I just kept letting it grow. She told me a few days ago, "That plant has tomatoes but they'll never turn red now." Today I picked them, and I made some fried green tomatoes for lunch for us. Mom had some, too. She thought they were good.
I also had a plant coming up next to my driveway, where I'd put some compost for plants around my mailbox. It didn't have great depth of soil there, but I didn't have the heart to pull it. It also contributed a few green tomatoes to our lunch today. The plants thanked me kindly for not tossing them, even though they weren't exactly on time or in the right place.
People can be like that too, and can be a blessing as well, if we allow it.
This post puts me in mind of a song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX2Hg4ldMws
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