What is a garden?
The character 'Chance' in the wonderful book Being There by Jerzy Kosinski asks the simple question:
What is a garden?
Being a gardener, you'd think he would know the answer, but his wonderful, simple view on life leads him to ask.
What simple questions do you resist asking? Is your definition of something that seems obvious actually the same as everyone else's? Have you been making assumptions that really should be questioned?
The simple questions can be the most instructive!
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