Flowers are the prize in our gardens – growing taller and more beautiful as Spring and summer continue. But growing along with flowers are weeds – most of which are not very pretty. Weeding out these intruders is not very fun – but the results are! Often we need to do this in our lives. We need to get rid of bitterness that has continued to grow despite other good things in our lives. It’s hard to get rid of problems – but we can use our common sense to overcome them. People who criticize or complain are like prickly weeds – no fun. We need to avoid those people. Life is difficult enough without the pain of being around people who bring our spirits down. Time to weed them out and focus on the beauty in life instead.