Dear Humans,

My wife planted one squash plant in our garden and now there are yellow squash on every surface of our kitchen. They are everywhere. And I’m having trouble figuring out what do with them. So far I’ve sauteed, pureed, and roasted. Today I’ll try turning it into bread. And then I’m just going to start leaving it on my neighbors’ doorsteps.

We often think the biggest problem in life is when we don’t have enough. And that’s often true. We often feel like we don’t have enough time or enough money. But just as often our problem is that we have too much and we don’t know what to do with it.

Dealing with scarcity is easy (though painful): just do without. Dealing with abundance requires more creativity, and discipline, and compassion. It requires us to think about what we really need, who could use a little more, and the best way to use the abundance that we have.

Sincerely,

Mr. Heimbuck