Quotation by

Les Brown

Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

Gardening

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The comfort or benefit you enjoy now is the result of someone’s earlier effort or foresight. In gardening terms, the shade you relax in comes from a tree that was carefully planted and nurtured long before.

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