Gardening is all about optimism.

May a thread of comfort be woven through your difficult days.

Even from the darkest night songs of beauty can be born.

A bird only flies. It does not turn to another bird and ask, am I doing this right?

Shake structures. School yourself. Look twice at a thing, once upside down. Answer yourself clearly.

Recognize that on certain days the greatest grace is that the day is over and you get to close your eyes. Tomorrow comes more brightly.

I recognize this in my writing process. A consistent writing structure opens the door to amazing insights. I recognize the truth of this in my daily habits. When I set my keys in the place I, with practice, always set my keys... I do not lose them. In many instances an ordered external structure can be an invitation for an extraordinarily unfettered, creative and unbounded inner structure.