Gardener

 The Gardener does not grow a certain kind of flower.  The flower does the growing.  The Gardener can create the environment so that the flower can become what it is supposed to be.  The Gardener gives the seed a chance to do what is possible.  I think of God and High Power as the Gardener.  In the early chapters of Genesis God is the Gardener of Paradise.  Adam has the environment, the created world so Adam can become or remain his best self.  Adam and Eve have free will.  Once they chose “MORE” then their free will was broken and they made a decision to become something else.  In recovery, AA has an environment empowered by the HP.  If the drunk participates according to instructions then they gain sobriety.  They are meant to grow into sobriety, but need the nurturing environment of all those sober Gardeners.  My meditation is part of helping me to be me not someone else.