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Literally “But we must cultivate our garden.” Before I begin, I would like to clearly define three words… garden, cultivate, and literally. Gar-den: plot of ground where flowers, vegetables, herbs, or other small plants are cultivated. Cul-ti-vate: to prepare and use (land) for raising crops. Lit-er-al-ly: for all practical purposes; in effect; virtually. Last time I checked I did not have a garden and I did not have any land that I was cultivating. As you can see, I was lost in a predicament trying to discover the meaning of these two words (garden and cultivate) and how they related to me. I thought, I thought, then I thought some more, and I was still lost. I decided to start from ground zero and re-analyze the whole story to see where that would take me. I did this so I could some how make sense of why I was even trying to understand the words garden and cultivate. I came to the conclusion that I was thinking too literally. There are so many moments in time, places in life, and situations that no one makes sense of because they are thinking too literally. I came to understand that maybe garden and cultivate had more than just a literal meaning, but also a more underneath the surface type of meaning. Garden can r