For a child Lizzie’s age, “patience” is a foreign concept because they simply don’t think of time the way adults do. “Yesterday” doesn’t mean anything to them because they haven’t lived long enough to understand the importance of remembering the past, and “tomorrow” is even more meaningless because “tomorrow” never comes for them. “Tomorrow,” “next week,” and “next month” to someone Lizzie’s age might as well be “a million years from now.” That’s why Lizzie wants to see results now — not because she wants “instant gratification” (which is another adult concept, by the way), but because the only time frame that has any relevance at all to her is “right now.”
At around age 7 I helped my grandma plant the canning garden. I planted one row of green beans, but I planted the seeds way too deep.Several weeks later, when everything in the garden except for my beans was growing strong, we had a terrible hail storm: broke windows, tore branches off of trees, injured livestock, and laid waste to everything in the garden. Then a week later up sprouted my row of beans!
My mom was a talented gardener. You might think it takes little know-how to plant something and watch it grow, but coaxing a seed or a bulb to its full potential takes knowledge, experience and skill. My mother had the ability to create a productive garden — and the patience and foresight to pass it on.
My mom, too was a passionate gardener, as was her father. She, unfortunately, did not pass on that gene to me.
ORMouseworks about 10 years ago
Little kids…they just have No Clue about some things…cute! ;)
hsawlrae about 10 years ago
Neither did you…right away.
hometownk Premium Member about 10 years ago
When this was written the adults were children. I think Sesame Street taught them that the world moved fast.
arye uygur about 10 years ago
She should’ve been told to put a plate under the flowerpot to catch the water.
She Mc about 10 years ago
See, problem solved with no paddling!!!
gypsylobo about 10 years ago
Why should Lizzie have been told to put a plate under the flowerpot to catch the water? Mom watered the plant. Apparently she didn’t see the need.
legaleagle48 about 10 years ago
For a child Lizzie’s age, “patience” is a foreign concept because they simply don’t think of time the way adults do. “Yesterday” doesn’t mean anything to them because they haven’t lived long enough to understand the importance of remembering the past, and “tomorrow” is even more meaningless because “tomorrow” never comes for them. “Tomorrow,” “next week,” and “next month” to someone Lizzie’s age might as well be “a million years from now.” That’s why Lizzie wants to see results now — not because she wants “instant gratification” (which is another adult concept, by the way), but because the only time frame that has any relevance at all to her is “right now.”
crabbear about 10 years ago
Plant a plant and you have instant gratification!
jeanie5448 about 10 years ago
Soak a bean overnight and then plant it, they start to show in just a few days,
bryan42 about 10 years ago
At around age 7 I helped my grandma plant the canning garden. I planted one row of green beans, but I planted the seeds way too deep.Several weeks later, when everything in the garden except for my beans was growing strong, we had a terrible hail storm: broke windows, tore branches off of trees, injured livestock, and laid waste to everything in the garden. Then a week later up sprouted my row of beans!
JanLC about 10 years ago
Lynn’s notes:
My mom was a talented gardener. You might think it takes little know-how to plant something and watch it grow, but coaxing a seed or a bulb to its full potential takes knowledge, experience and skill. My mother had the ability to create a productive garden — and the patience and foresight to pass it on.
My mom, too was a passionate gardener, as was her father. She, unfortunately, did not pass on that gene to me.
loves raising duncan about 10 years ago
Elly: Patience is a virtue. Lizzie: Not with me it ain’t!
westny77 about 10 years ago
Patience, Lizzie, patience
I agree . It reminds me when I started working out I did not get instant muscles.