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A Garden for the New Year…

“In my good garden I would first —

“In my good garden I would first plant five rows of peas: Preparedness, promptness, perseverance, politeness, and prayer.

“Next to them I plant three rows of squash: Squash gossip, squash criticism, squash indifference.

“Then I put in five rows of lettuce: Let us be faithful; let us be unselfish; let us be loyal; let us love one another; let us be truthful.

“No garden is complete without turnips and mine would have: Turn up for church; turn up with a smile; turn up with a new idea; turn up with real determination.”

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