Patients is something that comes in handy in many things in life. Sadly mine is running short at the moment as I wait for all the plants in my garden to grow. What has caused this? Well so far only one of the peas I planted has decided to grow. Add to this that the cucumber and courgette that I planted have died. Then there was the tomato plant that the slugs destroyed. Yes this is par for the course when you do anything. You have the failures as well as the successes. At the moment though it being early in the season disaster is more common than the triumphs at the moment. Instead of looking at the problems of failed plants I should be looking at those small signs of the bounty that will come. Things like the cherry trees flowering. If the weather holds maybe this is the year I will get some cherries. Also my apple trees are now in bloom with the promise of another good year for them. Though my strawberries are needing weeded again, they also look like they are coming along nicely. I only need the summer warmth to encourage them to flower to gain their fruits so Magz can make some more jam this year. So really I shouldn't feel so down about the small fails after all I can always replant. Still I do get a little despondent seeing my efforts hitting the wall as they have. That is only human after all. But like most of us I will pick myself up and get on with it. After all we don't have much choice in the end. We can't just wallow can we. We have to get up and keep trying because if we don't then we will never achieve anything in life. I suppose though we've all heard that before. Though it doesn't make it any less true.