Risk Aversion
"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious."
No one truly achieved anything remarkable or great by avoiding risk. You have to bet big to win big, you have to put it all on the line at some point.
I have taken a few chances in my day, some far more calculated then others. I've sunk boats in raging rivers, and I've been lost deep in the woods, and I came out alive on the other side. I've run a lot of experiments with plants in my day, some very scientifically planned out, theorized, calculated, measured and remeasured and some were just throwing darts at a wall. I've come to realize that Mr. Einstein's quote is so incredibly spot on, I've always wondered "what if" and been willing to take the chances required to find out. Maybe growing plants isn't really about any specific special talent, and green thumbs are really just the mark of someone passionate enough to take risks and keep trying, and keep trying, and keep trying.
Maybe some people just want to exist through this life. But not me, take risks, roll the dice, burn the sauce, whatever it takes to avoid becoming that jaded, burnt out person that won't take a chance on anything, because like Mark Twain said, "The person who won't read, has no advantage over those that can't read".
Ahhh.....flower bulbs are blooming and sometimes you have to vent.
Cat's and dogs have been falling from the sky as we have been locked in a deluge with temps more like early December.
Cheers to the risk takers and the passionately curious.
Mark