The Garden of Eden. Where is it?
I'm not sure what Google Maps would say, (although a family favorite was a Kosher NY restaurant called Garden of Eat-In). But the truth is, it's right here; Earth.
You may be looking out your window, or at news headlines, and seeing less garden and more jungle, and wondering where is the beauty? Not quite the Gardens of Versailles. In the tangled vines of business, politics, and self-centeredness, the flowers seem all but struggling to hang on. What hope is there to ever clean up this mess? Who made this mess in the first place?
The reality is the world started as a garden, and without proper attention, it is all but inevitable for it to become overgrown and unwelcoming. In fact, we also have the ability and the careless tendency to trample through the flower beds, leaving havoc in our wake.
But it is the same "we" who are the key to the solution. We hold another important position.
The Gardeners. We were entrusted and given the tools to be able to turn jungle into garden. To weed out negative and nurture the space back to beautiful life, with the scents, sights, and nutrients, that will be a delight to visit.
We are the conductor who turns random noise, into a harmonic symphony.
We are the artist who takes clashing splatters of paint and transforms it into a masterpiece of gradients and shades.
As we navigate the world around us, from family to workplace, from neighbors to global geopolitics, let's look at everything through the gentle, masterful, and visionary lens of the gardeners that we are meant to be.
Together, with time, work, persistence, and patience, adhering to the blueprints of the Creator of this space, we can restore, and dare I say, improve and upgrade our world to be the most picturesque, fragrant, and idyllic garden imaginable. One fit for Royalty.