It's the time of year to plant a garden. But what about your spiritual garden? Unless you take care of your spiritual garden it will grow unruly. Here is a quote from Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Richard the Second.
"Hath seized the wasteful king. O, what pity is it
That he had not so trimmed and dressed his land
As we this garden! We at time of year
Do wound the bark, the skin of our fruit trees,
Lest, being overproud in sap and blood,
With too much riches it confound itself.
Had he done so to great and growing men,
They might have lived to bear, and he to taste
Their fruits of duty. Superfluous branches
We lop away, that bearing boughs may live.
Had he done so, himself had borne the crown,
Which waste of idle hours hath quite thrown down."
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You don't know me, but I am a friend of your son Tyler's, and a fellow ALT in Japan. I would like to tell you that I have been reading your blog fairly often and I enjoy it. You are very poignant without being verbose and loquacious, and the name of your blog "Andy's Fragments" fits perfectly with your blogging style.
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