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“When a choice plant became
root bound and began to deteriorate, a young friend of ours decided to
transplant it to a larger container. Carefully he lifted the greenery from its
small pot and put it into its larger home, trying to disturb the roots and soil
as little as possible. The novice gardener watched and waited. To his dismay,
the plant still struggled. Our friend expressed his frustration to an
experienced gardener who offered his services. When the plant was placed in the
gardener’s hands, he turned the pot upside down, pulled out the plant, shook
the soil from the roots, and clipped and pulled all the stragglers from the
root system. Replacing the plant into the pot, he vigorously pushed the soil
tightly around the plant. Soon the plant took on new life and grew.
“How often in life do we
set our own roots into the soil of life and become root bound? We may treat
ourselves too gently and defy anyone to disturb the soil or trim back our root
system. Under these conditions we too must struggle to make progress. Oh,
change is hard! Change can be rough.”
(Marvin J. Ashton, October 1979)
