One of the things we find most frustrating about yard work is the ever-irritating presence of weeds in the lawn. Especially in an odd summer like this, in which one month was the rainiest on record, and then this month is the hottest on record, it seems like the only things hardy enough to survive the erratic conditions are the weeds.
And, to be fair, some of the weeds actually can be attractive to look at (the kids in particular love dandelions), and you have to give them credit for survival. Sometimes they even start out innocently enough, and so it’s easy to overlook them early in the season.
The problem is that weeds grow, and weeds don’t share well, so as they grow they steal all of the resources of the lawn and systematically kill whole sections of the lawn.
Yep, you guessed it–another metaphor!
Your life has plenty of weeds in it, too. For some it’s a “friend” who does nothing to feed your ambitions but instead drains your energy; for some it may be a bad habit or an addiction; for others it may be a hole in your training or an emotional impediment to moving forward. Whatever the case is, kill it! As soon as you see and recognize that weed, you have to act to get it out of your life. And it may take a few tries to make it happen.
But the alternative is a dead lawn of dreams.
The Gurus of Get It
