Deep Roots and Green Lawns

Deep Roots and Green Lawns

Are you a weed, or are you grass?

This episode explores what weeds can teach us about resilience, connection, and quiet strength — even when life feels like a drought.

Listen now, and let me know: which one are you?

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Transcript

Hi it’s Mary, and welcome back to Being Mary. 

Today I want to ask you a question:
 Are you a weed… or are you grass?

Take a moment to picture your lawn, or maybe your neighbour’s perfect lawn — neat, green, trimmed. We spend so much time and energy trying to keep it looking just right. We mow it, fertilize it, water it, even spray it with chemicals to keep the weeds away.

But have you ever noticed something?
 No matter how hard we try… the weeds always seem to come back.

And not only that — in the middle of a hot, dry summer, when the grass turns brown and brittle, those weeds?
 They’re still standing.

Why is that?
 It’s because weeds have deep roots. Roots that stretch down far enough to find what they need to survive. They don’t depend on perfect weather. They don’t need us to come along with a sprinkler or a bag of fertilizer. They’ve learned to thrive — through the droughts, through the rainy seasons, through whatever life throws at them.

Now compare that to our carefully cultivated grass.
 It looks so lush and perfect when everything’s going well. But take away the rain, skip a few waterings… and it starts to wither. Sometimes, once it’s gone, we even have to reseed and start all over.

So I wonder — are we more like the grass?
 Or are we more like the weeds?

There’s no judgment here. Both have their place.
 A green, weedless lawn gives us a sense of order, of calm. It’s beautiful in its way. But weeds — they have a quiet kind of beauty too, don’t they? Maybe not in the middle of someone’s front yard, but out in a field, or at the edge of a forest. Dandelions, wildflowers, clover — all technically “weeds,” yet still lovely, and resilient.

I like to think there’s a lesson in that.
 That no matter how we look on the outside — whether we feel polished and perfect, or messy and wild — what really matters is what’s going on underneath.
 How deep our roots are.
 How we connect with others, even underground.
 How we keep showing up, even in a drought.

So today, take a moment and ask yourself — where do you get your strength?
 What keeps you grounded?
 Are you a weed? Or are you grass?

And maybe, just maybe, there’s room for both.

(pause — then closing)

Thanks so much for listening to this episode of Deep Roots and Green Lawns. If this resonated with you, I’d love to hear what you think — send me a message, share your story, or even tell me about the weeds in your own life.

Until next time — keep walking, keep growing deep and keep being You!