Seymore and Serina Seed, from the Cultivating Compassion in Children’s series, are so happy
to discover there is a day about them! Yes, January 30, the last Saturday of January, is National Seed Swap Day. What is Seed Swap Day, you may ask? More on that in a bit. First, Seymour and Serina Seed would like to take this moment to remind you to continually drop seeds of compassion in children’s lives. This may be reminding a child “to be kind,” as they walk out the front door. It could be showing them what you do to show acts of compassion like making a dinner for a friend or neighbor who is sick or in recovery. It can be as simple as teaching them to clean up after themselves, respecting their home/environment. It could be lighting up and smiling to someone they pass along the bike path. Maybe it’s resurrecting an old tradition, of actually “writing” a Thank-You note to their soccer coach who supported them on a difficult day or a “Thinking of You,” note to someone who may need a little love. These seeds, when nurtured, grow, and keep growing. They eventually bear fruit and seeds of their own. Compassion seeds multiply! But nurturing takes patience, sometimes patience to do the meticulous things we do not make the time for in our overly busy lives. Take the time to plant the seeds and nurture them. Make it a priority. Remember, the day you plant the seed, is not the day you reap the fruit. What seeds of compassion are you going to plant and nurture today?
Now, just what is national seed swap day? Here’s description below from holidayinsights.com.
National Seed Swap Day
Date When Celebrated : Last Saturday in January
The holidays are over, and things have certainly slowed down. The snow is piling up outside. Somewhere out there, your garden is under inches, if not feet of snow. Spring is so, so far away. What’s a gardener to get excited about!?
Towards the end of January, the last Saturday to be exact, is a huge, let’s call it holiday, for gardeners suffering from no dirt under the finger nails withdrawal. It’s National Seed Swap Day!
People have been swapping and trading seeds, since man, or woman, first tilled the soil of this planet. Centuries ago, seeds and even flower bulbs have been used as a form of currency or to barter.
On National Seed Swap Day, garden groups and organizations, hold a seed swap for their members. It allows them to trade rare, uncommon, unique and heirloom seeds. Garden hobbyists enjoy the challenge of growing something they haven’t grown before. So, this is both a fun and valuable event.
On National Seed Swap Day, make plans to bring some seeds to swap to your local garden club. If you don’t belong to a group or club, join or start one. You’ll be glad you did!
Participate in National Seed Swap Day, and spring will not seem so far away.
Serina and Seymour would like you to swap out the “bad” seeds of hate, anger, and mistrust, and replace them with the “good” seeds of kindness, compassion, and love.
Sonja Wendt
Enhancing children’s sensitivity in human interactions one story at a time.
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A seed swap day is a neat idea! I would need to plan for it to have some seeds to swap. Doing it in winter is a perfect time!
It would be fun!
Thanks for this valuable reminder, Sonja: “The day you plant the seed is not the day you reap the fruit.”
You’re welcome, Sharon. Patience is not something we have much in our hurried society nowadays.