Care to join me as I read my daily devotions? Chuck Swindoll shares this one that I like a lot! While some of these critters aren't favorites of the gardener, and some are only frequenters of the wide-open country garden, they nonetheless make their appearances in the larger gardening world. They also make great characters in this cautionary tale that reminds: be yourself!
Once upon a time, the animals decided they should do something meaningful to meet the problems of the new world. So they organized a school.
They adopted an activity curriculum of running, climbing, swimming and flying. To make it easier to administer the curriculum, all the animals took all the subjects.
The duck was excellent in swimming; in fact, better than his instructor. But he made only passing grades in flying, and was very poor in running. Since he was slow in running, he had to drop swimming and stay after school to practice running. This caused his web feet to be badly worn, so that he was only average in swimming. But nobody worried about that--except the duck.
The rabbit started at the top of his class in running, but developed a nervous twitch in his leg muscles because of so much make-up work in swimming.
The squirrel was excellent in climbing, but he encountered constant frustration in flying class because his teacher made him start from the ground up instead of from the treetop down. He developed "charlie horses" from overexertion, and so got only a "C" in climbing and a "D" in running.
The eagle was a problem child and was severely disciplined for being a non-conformist. In climbing classes, he beat all the others to the top of the tree, but insisted on using his own way to get there.
Swindoll concludes the devotional with this final advice:
Stop comparing. Enjoy being you! There's plenty of room in the forest.
(Or in this blog we might substitute, room in the garden!)
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