Life accidents strike without warning. Usually they're life altering as well. To paraphrase John Lennon, "life's accidents are what happen to us while we are making other plans." More often than not, life has a way of hitting us where it hurts most.
Life accidents have a way of pruning us back. They come up unexpectedly, with little or no warning, and we're left to deal with life in the aftermath of the life accident. And they're never something we would want or wish for. I think the biggest thing about life accidents is how we react to them in the bigger picture of life.
Four years ago, I was rear ended. Fortunately I wasn't hurt, but my car was totaled by my insurance company. In other words, it would take more money to fix it than it was worth. To them. But for me, it was a 9 year old car that was paid off. I wasn't sure I could afford a car payment, but this life accident forced me to re-evaluate things. After 90 days of the back and forth stuff that goes on when you have a wreck, I finally went shopping and ended up buying a new car. A really new car with only 2 miles on the odometer!
It was rough at first, making those monthly payments. And it altered the way I looked at myself and my money situation. I learned that I could rearrange a few things and manage to do what needs doing. In other words, this life accident forced me to change.
But isn't that the way it is with gardening as well? We go out and prune a bush, trim a tree, with the expectation that when spring arrives, our garden will flourish with blooms of beauty! I know it's that way with my mom and her roses. She has to cut them back so they'll produce new growth when it's time. And life accidents do the same for us. We may be knocked off kilter for a time, but if we choose, we will come back even stronger.
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