You are always a gardener. What grow - and how it grows - is up to you.

Jones Loflin
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You are always a gardener. What grow - and how it grows - is up to you. (The original meaning of the quote was "You are always a gardener; what grow - and how it grows - is up to you.") This saying emphasizes your control over your life. The quote goes on to say, "what grows" is up to you. The last part of the quote can be interpreted in two ways: 1) What happens to you is up to you; 2) What happens in your life is up to you.

Source: Always Growing

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