Two years ago a well-known Rose Farm in our area was sold. The owner gave us the opportunity before the selling to buy the Rose plants. They sold it for ridiculously low prices. I jumped to the opportunity and bought 75 plants. However, they were not ideal to be transferred and re-planted. They grew in tunnels, were not young bushes and were uprooted without any soil attached.
We made holes and planted them all over the garden. They all died down. I was so disappointed! I decided to leave them there and with time replace them with proper plants I’ll buy from the Nursery. Our garden is fitted with a complete irrigation system. These plants still received water and fertilizer for the next year. To my surprise they started growing the next spring. They all sprouted from below the ground and became beautiful rose bushes which I am so proud of.
How many dead Rose plants do we pass in our life?
People who were moved from their sheltered “Tunnels”. Could be because of the death of a bread winner, losing a job, financial problems, divorce and even children taken from their homes where they have been molested, raped or abused.
“Uprooted” people who got so hurt in life that they do not want to live anymore. The old, casted away in retirement homes, the young who couldn’t cope with all the expectations of the people around him / her and is now a druggie, whore of thieve. The poor family where the parents are tired of trying to better their lives and do not want to try anymore. The beggar who surely do not believe in tomorrow anymore, and so the list can go on….
We ignore these people and look the other way. We are scared to become involved. We believe that helping them means material help, money and other material matters. We believe we are supposed to take over and completely better their circumstances.
Not necessarily.
Just pause for a moment. Give a smile, squeeze a hand, and give a hug, greet them.
Sometimes it is all they need. A smile may uplift a down spirit because he is acknowledged as a fellow Human. Squeeze a hand because it means that you sympathise and understand. Give a hug because it gives Hope. When you greet somebody you uplift them and make them believe that they are worth talking to.
Let us not pass the “dead Roses” on the way.
BURNED POTS -
Fill with water; add 1 spoon Water, 1 spoon Salt, and 2 spoons Bicarbonate of Soda. Boil for a few minutes, let it cool down and wash as usual.
CAR BATTERY –
When battery is a bit flat, add 1 teaspoon Epsom Salt into each hole. It will help until you’re able to replace it.
CHIVES –
Use in Salads, Soups, Sauces, Garnishing, Chicken dishes, Omelettes Dip’s, and Sandwiches.
GESONDHEID – BREAKFAST FINGERS –
1 cup Cake flour, 1 teaspoon Salt, 1 cup Bran, 1 cup Pronutro, 1 cup crushed All Bran flakes, 2 cups Oats, 2 grated Apples, 1 cup Sultanas, 2 Egg whites, 150ml Fruit flavour Yoghurt, 120g Butter, ¾ cup Brown Sugar, 40ml Honey, 1 teaspoon Bicarbonate of Soda.
Heat oven up to 180. Mix all dry ingredients. Add Apples, Sultanas, Egg whites and Yoghurt. Mix well. Heat Butter, Honey and Sugar until dissolved. Remove from stove. Add Bicarbonate of Soda and mix until frothy. Mix all ingredients. Mixture will be crumbly. Spread a bake plate with butter. Spread mixture over plate and press. Bake 30min. Cut into fingers. Freeze leftovers for later.
Healthy, Ideal for Diabetics and Lunch boxes, filling Breakfast and freeze well.
ENJOY and remember ANYBODY CAN COOK!