You Plant Your Fields
Sow Your Dreams: Embracing Life's Seasons with Kathy Mattea's Wisdom
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My father said some things you learn
Learning certain things requires practical experience, as advised by the speaker's father.
Only by doing, when it comes your turn
Experience is gained only when it's your time to face challenges and take action.
Everything comes around, so be ready if you can
Life operates in cycles, and one should be prepared for the inevitable ups and downs.
Prepare your heart like the farmer turns the land
Prepare emotionally, just as a farmer prepares the land for cultivation.
You plant your fields
Engage in the necessary work and efforts.
When the spring is tender
Undertake tasks when conditions are favorable and opportunities arise.
When the summer beats down
Face challenges during difficult times.
You pray for rain
Express hope and faith during challenging periods, akin to praying for rain in farming.
You hope for the harvest
Anticipate positive outcomes and success during the harvesting phase.
And the long cold winter
Endure and persevere through tough times, such as a long, cold winter.
And then you plant your fields again
The cyclical nature of life: after facing challenges, one must start anew and undertake tasks again.
He spoke right to my restless soul
The speaker's father's advice resonates with the speaker's restless and ambitious nature.
Still wild, and hungry, and beyond control
The speaker is described as still being wild, hungry, and beyond control.
For all that you dream, there's a time and a place
There's a suitable time and place for realizing dreams, emphasizing timing in achieving aspirations.
But you won't know it till it comes your turn
Recognition that the right time may only become apparent when it's one's turn to face challenges.
You plant your fields
Reiteration of the importance of taking action and engaging in necessary tasks.
When the spring is tender
Underscores the idea of acting during favorable periods.
When the summer beats down
Endurance during difficult times, akin to enduring the heat of summer.
You pray for rain
Express hope and faith during challenging periods, paralleling the prayer for rain in farming.
You hope for the harvest
Anticipation of positive outcomes and success during the harvesting phase.
And the long cold winter
Endurance and perseverance through challenging times, similar to enduring a long, cold winter.
And then you plant your fields again
The cyclical nature of life: after facing challenges, one must start anew and undertake tasks again.
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