Sharing your Abundant Blessings

I often hear it is unsafe to keep your car door unlocked during this time of year. You could find your car full of zucchini if you aren't careful. This year I planted 14 zucchini plants. "What were you thinking?!!" you may ask. Well, you see my plan was to pick them everyday when they were small which worked great until I made a few overnight trips away from home, only to return to huge torpedoes. Since my little plan got out of hand I thought it might be nice to set out a container with the fruits of my labor by the roadside with a sign that reads:

FREE Zucchini
Pay it Forward
Share with Others

Not unlike my zucchini, many of us have been blessed in abundance (an extremely plentiful or oversufficient quantity or supply). Perhaps you've been blessed by an abundance of patience, monetary blessings, musical or artistic talent, athletically gifted, or an incredible abundance of love. We have the opportunity to share OUR gift of abundance with others, in fact, in special opportunities, our abundant blessings can be traded. This past week I had the opportunity to trade my photographic blessings (a family photo shoot) for a white water rafting trip down the Payette River. However, Mike (the river guide) got a little extra bonus: a BIG bag of freshly picked zucchini!

Above: Mike and his lovely family, photographed in Eagle by the river (August 10, 2009)