 {"id":2379,"date":"2021-07-16T11:04:39","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T11:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultrazaps.com\/terryblogg\/?p=2379"},"modified":"2021-07-16T11:04:39","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T11:04:39","slug":"bananas-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/2021\/07\/16\/bananas-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bananas.. 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>aaryaT, aadityaR, aditiK, Abi, aindrilaRC, aisheD, ajay.gang, Alan.fly, alfredo, alishaK, anaitaM, andreaN, anganaG, ankitaG, ankita.gang, annabelleF, anthonyD, anuradhaP, anushkaK, aparajitaG, aparnaA,<\/p>\n<p>bhaniC, biancaP, biniS, boscoR, brancaT, brindaD,<\/p>\n<p>charisma, chitraN, chloe, chong,<\/p>\n<p>daisy, deepikaM, deepikaS, Derek.sonia, devanshi, devayani, dikshaN, dishaK, durga,<\/p>\n<p>emil, evarist,<\/p>\n<p>feliu, fleurDS, gargi, geetaC, hebaJ,<\/p>\n<p>insiaL, ishaS,<\/p>\n<p>jennyP,joynelF, juhiV,<\/p>\n<p>karinD, ketakiM, kevin,<\/p>\n<p>lawrie, lexley, lornaD,<\/p>\n<p>manasviB,manasviS, marietteV, marisaD, marisaM, maryA, mayuri, mrudutaC,<\/p>\n<p>naliniP, namitaF, nanditaM, nanditaP, ntashaB, natashaE, nayanaK, neharikaS, nicoleS, nidhiT, ninettePer,<\/p>\n<p>paridnyaK, pranjaliK, priyankaS, pruthaS, puja.gang,<\/p>\n<p>radhikaS, rajeshP, reship, rashmitaS, rashnaI, rebeccaDL, rochelleA, ruchiCh, ruchiPal, rural13,<\/p>\n<p>salim, sanjanaM, sanyaS, shantalC, sharonAD, sharonN, sharvariJ, shireenL, shonaliS, smritiA, sohiniM, sophiaJ, stan, sujataS, supriyaC,<\/p>\n<p>tomK, trinolda,<\/p>\n<p>vrushaliK, yakutaK,<\/p>\n<p>zenobiaV, zomie,<\/p>\n<p>(Calypso banana boat song in the attachment)<\/p>\n<p>My dear<\/p>\n<p>Some news on the terry front&#8230; you know a bit of it already!<\/p>\n<p>On most mornings one of the workers here waters my garden. He likes doing it. Some weeks back on a Sunday, he did not come. So I did the watering myself. Big surprise when I came to the banana plant \u2013 the first signs of fruit! YYYAAAYYYY !<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"wp-image-2380\" src=\"https:\/\/ultrazaps.com\/terryblogg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/banana-jpg-1.jpeg\" alt=\"banana.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The banana plant has been in my garden for more than two years. I had given up on it because it had been planted in shallow soil (shortage of mud in my garden).<\/p>\n<p>I had dismissed it as incapable of bearing fruit and had it there just for green effect.<\/p>\n<p>And suddenly that happy morning \u2013 YYYAAAYYY surprise!!!<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a more recent picture&#8230; \u201cGrow bananas, grow!\u201d as the cheer-leaders say!<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"wp-image-2381\" src=\"https:\/\/ultrazaps.com\/terryblogg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/bananas2-jpg-1.jpeg\" alt=\"bananas2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I will henceforth be careful in dismissing anything and losing hope. In people especially. Poor soil, shallow soil, unfavourable background, no opportunities, disadvantaged environments&#8230; whatever, if there is watering and caring and belief in and love for, there always will be fruit!<\/p>\n<p>I guess that is what I have also believed in and been doing in the Counselling Centre over all these years.<\/p>\n<p>I shall do it even more so now.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you banana plant for teaching me a lesson.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the other plants in my garden also teach me lessons of different kinds. I continue learning. And growing like they do.<\/p>\n<p>Take care. Stay well. Drink water. Eat bananas!<\/p>\n<p>Lots of love, Terry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>aaryaT, aadityaR, aditiK, Abi, aindrilaRC, aisheD, ajay.gang, Alan.fly, alfredo, alishaK, anaitaM, andreaN, anganaG, ankitaG, ankita.gang, annabelleF, anthonyD, anuradhaP, anushkaK, aparajitaG, aparnaA, bhaniC, biancaP, biniS, boscoR, brancaT, brindaD, charisma, chitraN, chloe, chong, daisy, deepikaM, deepikaS, Derek.sonia, devanshi, devayani, dikshaN, dishaK, durga, emil, evarist, feliu, fleurDS, gargi, geetaC, hebaJ, insiaL, ishaS, jennyP,joynelF, juhiV, karinD, ketakiM, kevin, lawrie, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/2021\/07\/16\/bananas-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bananas.. 2&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}