Berry picking, as in most things having to do with gardening, makes me think of life's lessons. We went raspberry picking yesterday-- (the picture is from an earlier strawberry-picking excursion, but was too darn cute to leave out) and this may be news to you as it was to me, but the raspberries are located under the leaves! At first glance the bushes seem to be barren of berries completely, however, upon deeper investigation we found lots of sweet, red raspberries begging to be picked! This particular phenomenon could have many lessons (having to look beyond the outward appearance for one,) but the one I felt compelled to share with my children was that if we looked down at the downward-sloping branches of the raspberry bushes, we couldn't find any berries. But if we bent down, lifted up the branches, and turned our gaze upward, there were many, many berries waiting to fill our containers and our tummies with delight.
Such is life. If we persist with a downward gaze, never looking upward, our lives may seem quite dismal indeed. But if we pause, take a little extra effort to lift the branches that obscure our view, and turn our eyes toward heaven, our plentiful blessings will become apparent, and our hearts will be filled with gratitude toward the giver of all good things. Including raspberries.
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But as you reach your hands into the leaves you encounter huge thorns and gigantic spiders. I don't know how that fits into your analogy, but it makes your loot that much more rewarding!
That's when you close your eyes tight and exercise faith that nothing is lurking under the branches that is going to give you a welt like Kandis had on her leg. Or wear gloves.
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