Fertilizer

     Fertilizer is excellent for gardens.  It adds the right ph to the soil, helps flowers bloom larger, vegetables and fruits grow bigger.  But one thing you can't help think about is what it really is.  There's 3 kinds, really--a myriad of toxic chemicals out of a box or spray bottle to water your plants (I only use natural Orchid food for mine, but I'm looking for something a bit healthier than Miracle-Gro when I water the plants and feed them), then there's the 2 rankest kind--one is derived from crap.  Literally.  What cows and other animals excrete.  Then there's compost--essentially biodegradable garbage.  I bring this up because sometimes you have to look at the source of something to figure out if it is worth it.  In the past week, I have been called many things, including a scumbag.  Normally, I probably would have been a little angry because most name-callers don't have enough guts to say it to my face, but use public forums like facebook, or the old-fashioned way--gossiping.  In this case the sources were essentially fertilizer.  No matter how hard you try, you can't polish shit.  Well, according to Mythbusters you can, but no matter how shiny it is, it's still shit.  Then there's just overall garbage.  It smells bad, attracts insects, and you generally try to avoid it when you can.  I mention this because the sources are not only the basis of fertilizer just because of their actions, but I can't help but laugh at those who hang out with pedophiles, rapists, women beaters, drug addicts, and other such lowlifes actually called me a scumbag.  And why?  I have no idea.  I suppose it makes a person with a very miserable life feel better to try to bring others down to their level.  It's by no means an excuse, but at least it's a bit understandable.  I mean, if you have to try to make someone else look horrible to make yourself feel better and look good in front of others, what, exactly, does that say about you?  So when you're dealing with selfish, hurtful people, it might make a bit easier if you look at the source.  It is not our place in this world to judge others, but there's an awful lot of judging going on.

     I know it's a difficult if not impossible for some to think about what they say or do and the effects on others before they do something stupid.  Just think about how much better this world would be if people began to do that... Just a few random thoughts.