Vegetables and people–growing up reflections by Zach
Posted by Rev Roger
Posted on August 25, 2023
Harvest Service for all ages Sunday, August 6, 2023. Zack is our youngest Worship Associate
When I think of vegetables, I think of growth. Vegetables, like us, grow. They start small, in the form of a seed. We put them in the ground, water them, and give them nutrients from the ground. They grow best when we give them love: weeding the garden, making sure animals don’t eat them, protecting them from pests. Neither vegetables or us will be the same thing we were a year ago. I mean, when vegetables grow to full size, we eat them, so that’s a difference. But the love matters for both of us.
Change is part of growing up, too. For instance, my taste in vegetables has changed as I have gotten older. I used to dislike tomatoes, mushrooms, and brussels sprouts, but now I like them, and I’m even learning to grow them and cook them. I learned that I like them now because at dinner I have at least one bite of everything on my plate. Trying things like that is important, because feelings change. That’s part of growing up. I still don’t like brussels sprouts, unless they are baked with a lot of parmesan cheese. My Dad says that I’ll probably like them someday. I’m not so sure. But what I know is that I have to keep trying new and old foods, and other things, because we change as we grow.
One year ago, when I started 6th grade, I was a very different person. When we go back to school, I will be in seventh grade. Trying a lot of new things. Some of them will be like broccoli, and I’ll just love them. Some will be like tomatoes, and I won’t like them at first. And some will be like brussels sprouts: they’ll take a lot of preparing to get through.
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