Paisiy Svyatogorets said: “Once, when I was digging my garden to plant several tomato bushes, one visitor came to me and asked: “What are you doing, Geronda?” - “What am I doing? - I said. “Yes, here I am, confessing my garden.” “But of course, Geronda,” he was taken aback. “Does the garden really need confession too?” “Of course it does. I was convinced that when I cultivate a vegetable garden, that is, I clear the ground of stones, weeds, thorns and the like, the vegetables that it produces are strong and healthy, just like that! And if you leave the garden without confession, then some underdeveloped yellow and wrinkled tomatoes will grow in its beds!” Source: Paisiy Svyatogorets “Spiritual Struggle”
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru