At the edge of a peaceful town, there is a beautiful garden like a fairy tale world. This garden is surrounded by a white wooden fence, as if guarding a mysterious treasure. In the garden, all kinds of flowers are vying for beauty, red like fire, pink like rosy clouds, and white like snow. The colorful flowers and the lush green grass form a breathtakingly beautiful picture.
The owner of the garden is a gardener named Alan. Alan has poured all his heart and soul into this garden. He carefully takes care of every flower and every blade of grass. Every morning, when the first ray of sunlight shines on the earth, Alan will come to the garden and start his day's work. He will carefully water the flowers to ensure that each flower gets enough moisture. He will carefully fertilize the grass to make the grass more lush. He will also trim those branches that grow too luxuriantly to make the garden look neater and more beautiful.
Alan's love for the garden is not only because of its beauty, but also because he has found inner peace and satisfaction in this garden. Whenever he sees those blooming flowers and vibrant grass, his heart will be filled with joy and a sense of accomplishment. He feels like an artist, creating a beautiful world with his own hands.
However, for a period of time, some flowers in the garden always withered. No matter how hard Alan tried, he couldn't stop these flowers from withering. He tried various methods, increasing the frequency of watering, changing the types of fertilizers, and even inviting some experts to diagnose the problem. But all these efforts were in vain, and those flowers were still constantly withering.
Alan felt extremely distressed and confused. He didn't understand why he took such good care of the garden but still couldn't stop the flowers from withering. He began to doubt his own ability and even wavered in his profession. He felt like a failure who couldn't fulfill his mission.
To solve this problem, Alan asked for advice everywhere. He visited other gardeners nearby and asked them for experience and methods. He also read a large number of gardening books, hoping to find the answer. But the suggestions and methods he got didn't have any effect. Those flowers were still constantly withering, as if mocking his incompetence.
One day, Alan sat down tiredly in the garden. Looking at the still beautiful flowers and vibrant grass around him, his heart was filled with helplessness and frustration. He didn't know what to do to save those withering flowers. Just when he was in despair, he suddenly saw a butterfly flying among the flowers. That butterfly flapped its wings lightly and freely shuttled among the flowers. Alan was attracted by the beauty and freedom of this butterfly. He quietly watched the butterfly, and suddenly a strange feeling surged in his heart.
At this moment, Alan suddenly realized the Taoist concept of "governing by doing nothing that goes against nature." He realized that he had been over-interfering with the growth of the garden all along. He always tried to control everything in the garden with his own methods, but ignored the power of nature. He decided not to over-interfere with the growth of the garden anymore. He would just water and fertilize appropriately and let the flowers and plants grow in accordance with the laws of nature.
From then on, Alan changed his gardening methods. He no longer watered and fertilized as frequently as before, but kept the soil in the garden moderately moist and fertile. He also no longer trimmed those branches that grew too luxuriantly but let them grow naturally. He believed that nature has its own laws and rhythms. As long as he didn't forcibly interfere.