“Slowly they (the sons) realized that they’d seen in the hedge what lay deep in their hearts and heavy on their minds.”
The Animal Hedge by Paul Fleischman tells the story of a farmer who loses his farm and begins to carve his passions (farm animals) into his hedges. One day, he tells his sons they must look in the hedges to find the answer to what their calling was.
In the end, the sons realize they saw in the hedges what was in their minds and hearts: what their calling was in life, their passion, what was most on their minds.
Great story of finding your passion. It seems to say we all know what our passion is; it’s just a matter of stepping back and letting the shape form in our minds until we recognize and acknowledge it.