Maintain

The gardener shared his secret, 'The first part is difficult… levelling the land as per design, adding the right top soil, arranging the drainage and other necessary things. The second part is simple and easy… just regularly trim the plants, weed them and water them. Keep doing that and you get a garden that remains maintained!' 

The best of gardens are not just well designed. They are well maintained. Without sustained maintenance, great gardens degenerate to pathetic form. As important as the initial design (if not more) is the follow-up to maintain the initiative. The one who maintains is the one who sustains!

What is true for a garden is true for every endeavour for excellence. So often, we put up our best efforts while creating something. We manage the difficult part but falter at the easy part. Well begun, it is said, is half done! But if we do not maintain a continued consistency, our best start can be undone.

Consistency is the hall mark of real achievers. They maintain a positive approach to the things they started. They buttress their vision with a mind-set of mission and the ability to be both, dogged and diligent. Steadfastness holds the key to success. Persistence is a value that ensures that we can sustain the advantage of a good start.

The garden needs steadfastness to maintain
Consistency ensures that result will sustain!

~ Pravin Sabnis