A Response to Cultivating Friendships

Inspired by the blog article this morning on the Art of Simple about cultivating friendships and the perfect timing of the need in my own life, I thought about this example:

I want to take the time to cultivate a garden. 
But the thing about gardens is that they are not self seeding, self weeding or even self harvesting. 
The work has to be done every season and sometimes weekly & daily. Same goes for our precious friendships that we cultivated seasons, even decades ago.
We can't walk away and leave them hoping for the same state as last year's crop. 
Otherwise, in it, we will find quack-grass, dandelions, and weeds of all sorts where lush strawberries used to abound.

In this harried season (hence the last post), it is important to carve out time even if it seems as if there is none.

Thank you friends for being patient and urging me to remember what matters most.