I was reading an article and it talks about a farmer who works and toil on the land, digs up the stones that lay hidden underground and hamper the growth of the roots. I guess in modern day I may use the example of the farmer digging up the lallang that grows wildly to enable the crops to grow on fertile land that has been cleared.
At the end of the article, the question was asked on whether it was reasonable for the farmer who has work hard on the land to expect the land to produce good fruits?
In logical terms, I guess it would be logical to feel frustrated and disappointed that after putting much effort and no good fruit was produced. Imagine working on a land for months to clear off all the obstacle that would hamper the successful planting and fruits only to realise after a year, no good fruits come from the land. Not just no profit can be made from the land, the initial investment also goes down the drain.
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Thinking along that line, I would now apply it to the pursue of special intimate relationship between two beings. The farmer is the person who pursues and show outwardly while the land is metaphor as the other dormant half. From another point of view, I would say that the farmer is equivalent to a guy (with the assumption that guy takes the proactive approach) while the land is the lady who awaits the pampering of being pursued.
The guy tries his best to work and toil the land he deems the best for his fruits, he does the ground work by removing the weeds, throwing off the rocks and stone, watering with care on the seeds with the hope it grows into a healthy strong plant. The land is like the lady who has the final say on whether it fruits.
But like the good old farmer, would you be frustrated and disappointed if your effort bears no good fruit?
The point I am trying to make is this. The farmer would need to always take the cangkul up first and start working when he has found a piece of land he feels and want to plant his seed for good fruits to bear without knowing for sure whether that would actually happen in reality. Nonetheless, that is the risk the farmer needs to take and face the risk of being rejected by the land which would bear nothing at the end. If that is the case, then the farmer just need to move on to another piece of land and try again and again till a beautiful garden of fruits is produced. The land on the other hand should not be too harsh on the farmer too. Let not the shoots of greenery grow and then dry up the land or fill it with stones and bear nothing. Dignity and respect by both is much needed -- there are many type of land, some good for flowers, some good for wild trees, some good for plantation etc while farmer needs to learn to identify what land suits him the best. Both have the right to accept and reject as that is the nature of life.
May all farmers out there find the land that suits them the best and vice versa.
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