Dear Humans,

Stickers from the grass get stuck in the cuffs of our pants and the laces of our shoes and then they end up in our kitchen rug. And then I go barefoot to make coffee in the morning, step on one and think, “How did that get there?”

The world gets in. No matter how tightly you lock the door or shake your shoes when you cross the threshold, the world still gets in. So we have a responsibility to tend to the outside world. Not only because it’s the right thing, but because we know the outside world will get into our own homes.

The best way to get rid of stickers in the grass is to choke them out with lush, healthy grass. If you water and cultivate the things you want, the things you don’t will go away. But if we leave the world to the weeds, the weeds will always get in.

Sincerely,

Mr. Curt