“Nature does not hurry,
yet everything is accomplished.
(Lao Tzu)

During our faith sharing in our Faith In Recovery group last Sunday someone started talking about what grounded and relaxed him. I started to think in my own life what that may be. I came up with St. Vincent de Paul home visits and working in the garden. Since last Friday I have made with Pat or Brien 16 home visits to people in need in North Century Milwaukee. Being able to give a child a bed to sleep on or a parent a stove or refrigerator to prepare food is fulfilling experience. People are always so grateful and the kids are cute.

With weather and home visits I have not been able to spend a lot of time in the garden but have done some. I have known for a long time that the garden really grounded and relaxed me. One part is physical as I documented in the Featured Article Nature’s Bounty, Soil Salvation. The other part is the lessons of nature that come with working in the garden. A quote sent to me today speaks of an important lesson of nature: “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” (Lao Tzu) I feel that when I am in accord with my true nature and self I get done what I need to do. There is no need to rush, just do what you believe is the right thing. When we are true to our nature and true followers of the “Way of Jesus” we can say with Rev. John L. McKenzie: “The thing about following Jesus is that you don’t do the right thing because it works; you do it because it’s the right thing. If it doesn’t work, nothing works because the wrong thing doesn’t work either. I think we have proven that.”

Jesus also told us that the “Blessed are the Poor, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven” so if we follow nature, be in solidarity with poor and do the right thing we got it made.

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