THE NATIONAL GARDEN BUREAU HAS SPOKEN.
2019 IS THE YEAR OF THE PUMPKIN.
AS HIS PRIESTESS--HONORED BE HIS PATCH--THE GREAT PUMPKIN HAS SELECTED ME TO SHARE THE WISDOM OF GOURD AND GROUND.
2019 IS THE YEAR OF THE PUMPKIN.
AS HIS PRIESTESS--HONORED BE HIS PATCH--THE GREAT PUMPKIN HAS SELECTED ME TO SHARE THE WISDOM OF GOURD AND GROUND.
We must plant if we are to reap. Even the Great Pumpkin--hallowed be his vines--needs time to ripen from seed to spectacle. Don't be down on yourselves if you aren't instantly perfect. Don't force yourself to produce when it isn't time.
Every field requires a time to lie fallow. We say "fallow fields" as if that means something useless, but really, it means rest and restoration. It means giving the soil time to heal. Be as kind to yourself as you are to the soil.
Every pumpkin is perfectly itself, and perfectly what it is intended to be. No, they're not all perfectly round and smooth and orange and that's okay. You don't have to be perfectly round, or smooth, or orange, either. You are perfect exactly as you are.
Being perfect doesn't mean you can't change. Every pumpkin is perfect, but so is every jack-o-lantern. If you need knives and markers and a candle to feel like your true self, do it. Just make sure you're living YOUR truth, and not someone else's.
If someone is hungry, give them candy. If someone is sad, give them candy. If someone feels lost, give them candy. The Great Pumpkin solves a lot of problems with candy. A sandwich, a hug, and a helping hand can also be candy. Candy is in the eye of the beholder.
We are the mist and we are the monsters and we are the jack-o-lantern line that lights the evening sky; we are joy and we are fear and we are everything we want to be. Keep the Halloween spirit close and true. Don't smash pumpkins, don't break hearts.
Trick or treat.
