A Life of Meaning

There is much that is outside of our control, but raising a garden is one small thing we can do to nourish the part of the world we live in right now, right here. The modern world seems to be ever-increasing in its speed and demands and disconnect. Perhaps growing a garden is one of the things that will counter this.
As Wendell Berry said, “A person who is growing a garden, if he is growing it organically, is improving a piece of the world.”