Orchid Lesson

This morning I almost threw out an orchid plan that I have had for two months. By now all of the flowers have dropped off and although the leaves remain a deep, brilliant green, I have no idea how to care for it until it blooms again. I have heard that orchids can keep growing for as long as humans can, but the thought of looking up how to take care of the plant along with the awareness of my lack of green thumb didn’t make me hesitate- at least initially- to toss it in the rubbish bin.

Then I had the thought that this lazy approach of throwing away what we don’t know how to care for applies so eerily to the way our society treats human beings. I may not be an orchid aficionado any time soon, but I can at least repot my plant and water it once a week. I guess the next lesson will come once it has been a year and has not bloomed and I am contemplating the rubbish bin again.