Weeds are leafy and green, just like plants.

Actually, weeds are plants, they're just growing in places where they don't belong.

As we cultivate gardens, we tend to select plants based on their properties.

Do we like the color of the flowers, the shape of the foliage?

 Perhaps we plant seeds in the hope that one day they will produce fruit. 

We choose companion plants that will complement and balance each other both aesthetically and ecologically.

We consider plants weeds when they disrupt the balance and harmony of the garden. 

Weeds may consume disproportionate amounts of resources, choking out the desirable plants.

Once the weeds are visible, the conscientious gardener removes them. 

The weeds aren't bad, they may just be better suited to a different ecosystem where they belong.

As we embark on a creative pursuit, many ideas will take root, spring up, begin to grow together. This stage may feel quite chaotic, exciting, disorganized.

Then gradually we start refining the ideas, we begin choosing what belongs and what doesn't. With each choice, our creative garden takes shape.

We may not know exactly how it will grow, what fruit it will bear. 

As we learn to choose faithfully from our heart, we do know it will flourish into something uniquely ours.