Lessons Learned

Occasionally I reread past journal entries and find something worthwhile that I learned. When I was sick I learned a lot and even though the memory of being sick isn't pleasant it is good to remember those lessons. Here's what I wrote:

"I have learned always 'one day at a time'. How about one flower at a time? Here's the experience of the last two years planting my garden. It took two months. I could only be off the oxygen about an hour a day, so I would go and buy a plant or two at my neighboring nursery each day, come home, rest, and plant them that evening. Then start the whole process over the next day. Huffing and puffing through it all. It took a long time, but the results were every bit as beautiful as previous years and probably more satisfying, because it was so hard and it took so long to accomplish the task.
Lessons learned~ Patience and perserverence and NEVER GIVE UP!"

-Two years later-
"I planted my flowers in two days this year, not very many plants, but equally as beautiful and very satisfying.
Lessons learned~ Simplicity is a rich reward,
Be Happy with What you are given."

Sometimes when I was sick I became very wise.