The act of taking care of plants, every day, over the courses of months and years, has helped show me that life takes time, but with time, life, for the most part, seems to generally know what to do. And learning when to provide the right pieces and how to set the right variables and conditions makes you a part of that life, too. You take care of the plant, and, if the plant decides to stay alive, it shows you how you are part of things outside of yourself, how you are more than yourself.
