THE THREE SISTERS

The gardener awaits nature’s most auspicious days for planting various seeds.

In consideration for harmonious conditions, he plants pole beans among a society of corn for reciprocity between nitrogen-enrichment and shaded poles. Among these he plants gourds to spread their vines, preserving ground water for the other two sisters.

Imagine the foolishness of a   gardener who planted all seeds the same day; demanded that they all grow under the same conditions; and subsequently, pulled on tender plants to get them to grow faster.

Are not schools that plant and tend child gardens without respect for uniquely favorable conditions equally reprehensible?

 

The inclination of the pupil for a particular profession must not be neglected, especially because such inclination usually asserts itself at an early age, being occasioned by personal gifts, by example of other members of the family, and by various other circumstances.

                                                                        Albert Einstein

FROM ROSEBUDS TO ROSES

Rose petals unfold according to a geometric code that is

As precise as it is sacred.

Who would prefer the mutilated victim of petals prematurely forced Open, to the perfect beauty

 Of nature’s patient unfoldment.

Unnoticed these days, petals of potential

Wither at the feet of unnaturally forced child-blossoms,

Depriving roses-in-the-making.

When we subject a child’s development to premature forcing,

It behooves us to think of rosebuds.

Where there is love, there is no imposition.

Albert Einstein