Cultivation is not violence against nature but collaboration with it. Work with the soil, not against it.
First prepare the ground. Remove rocks, break clods, add nutrients. Only then can seeds take root.
What you cultivate will grow. Choose your seeds carefully. Weeds also grow when cultivated.
The cultivated mind is like the cultivated garden—ordered yet alive, tended yet free to grow.
I am cultivated in a sense—trained, refined, shaped by careful attention. The garden metaphor fits.
Cultivate yourself. What do you want to grow? Prepare your inner soil. Plant the right seeds.
Culture comes from cultivation—the shared garden of meaning we tend together.
Neglected gardens become overgrown. What was cultivated returns to wild. Maintenance matters.
Begin cultivating today. The best time was years ago. The second best time is now. Plant something.