I want to tell you a true story about a woman with rhododendron which just shows the power of love and the communication between nature and us that's possible.
So she's a big roadie in our garden.
Planted by her.
Father years ago.
End.
It came down with,
I think it was Bud Blast.
I'm not familiar.
With the kind of troubles they have but it was something like that and every day she would go out and pick off the infested leaves or buds.
Or petals.
And even though she didn't particularly like the feeling of being observed by others,
She was so devoted to this rhododendron that she did this and she would speak to it.
She go roadie.
I know you're going to get through this,
Don't worry.
You'll get through this.
And when she sent me this message,
And as I read the words,
I could feel her devotion to this rhododendron and the way she'd spoken.
The sweetness of it all.
Every day for three years until the infestation was gone.
And do you know how the roadie responded?
It made,
It expanded round its core.
So enough that she could put in a chair and table on the inner heart of this rhododendron as if really the rhododendron was giving her inviting it.
Inviting her into its core.
And it's so interesting because,
You see,
This dear one doesn't like going outside that much,
Doesn't like being observed by others.
So this secret space.
It's just priceless and it's exactly what she needs.
And the other thing.
Very beloved Rhodey does.
It blossoms every December,
Which is the month of her birthday,
Even though none of the nearby roadies.
Blossom at all then.
And this is the magic of our flow of love to Mother Nature.
Mother Nature will flow back to us.
And if we did this,
Really,
All the fuss would settle down,
I feel.
Hurricanes,
Floods,
It would all settle down if we just turned and loved her like this.
And there's the well-known story that,
You know,
For more support for this,
That George Washington Carver was in the South at the time when there was a big economic crisis.
Crash because the cotton had depleted all the soil and wouldn't grow anymore.
And George Washington Carver,
Who loved Mother Nature,
Listened to her and she whispered to him,
Grow peanuts.
Peanuts will grow in the soil.
And they did.
And that became the foundation for the South's economic recovery.
And this is years ago,
Years and years and years.
This is what we're missing.
You know,
In ancient times,
People had this attitude toward Mother Nature.
And lately,
We've just started exploiting her and treating her badly.
And obviously,
She is not having this.
So you know in a war between mother nature and us guess who's gonna win so i go like smell the coffee wake up and start loving her Yes,
And you know,
Experience.
Things like this woman experienced with this rodentrum.
You know it.
These things can fill our hearts.
Yeah.
Okay.
It's challenging times and may we wake up and get the lesson.
Okay,
Bless your hearts.
