I deal with that also all the time in my neighborhood and I think it's sad/ someone even poured bleach inside my plants and I was heartbroken 😔 because was using them to recover from a tough time after my mom passed away / and it was such a beautiful pleasure to see them every morning and water them when outside meditating / I can absolutely understand the content and thank you for sharing how we have to keep the positive attitude and keep pressing forward with great vibes 🙏
living inner city the first time I was burglarized i felt violated, but then realized its just stuff. Its kind of hard to explain but you do have to calm yourself and get over it or they win, they live in your head rent free, freeloaders.
@@timothyj1966 that's honestly very sad especially if you worked very hard on getting them beautiful and healthy 💪 and the yard work was grueling 🥵 🌹 / I'm just happy that I have been able to propagate over 45 more plants 🪴 from 1 and give them out to 2 elderly ladies that I adore 🥰 / and they were happy to receive so many more clippings from the positive vibes and healing healthy hobbies of being content of patience and a peaceful mind. Best wishes for your Spring season 2025 roses 🌹.
My mouth was agape for a full thirty seconds after the update to the broken pot. I’m impressed that the man told you how the pot was broken. He could have very easily remained quiet. I’m even more impressed that he had the children apologize. An invaluable lesson for his children and for us all.
I’m so glad it wasn’t malicious And that the dad made them confess and apologize. I wish more parents realized making your children deal with their mistakes is what makes them adults able to function in the civil society. I like your attitude and I find your peaceful, persistence, lovely.
I worked in retail and some kids made a mess, their father made them clean up and apologize. Which was a first in many years there. Makes you believe some people DO care. Thanks Rajiv!
I’m in a similar situation. I planted a garden, in the Italian style, around our church. Of course the plants are stolen or vandalized quite frequently. However I can confidently say that the amount of trash dumped in that area is over 90% down from what it was before it was made into a flower garden. Way, way more people are respecting the beauty and taking pleasure in it , and that’s a beautiful thing
Great message. When I moved to my downtown home from the suburbs 25 years ago, I placed a pot of flowers by my stoop. No one else on the block had flowers, and the general sense was that they would get vandalized. I vowed that I wouldn't let vandals stop me from trying to make my neighborhood better. Turns out that over the years, the only vandalism has come from squirrels. Lots of my neighbors now have planters and window boxes. It looks great!
@@colinmcknight9605 Your situation is the example ( relocation to a different mindset ) why most people should have healthy hobbies and age with the embracing of retirement and I honestly know that it's a factor of why some people vandalism happens because of jealousy and unnecessary boredom and when they see others enjoying themselves with healthy hobbies they soon adjust to the beauty of life within / this video really made me cry because I've gotten tired of the hatred and to pour gas ⛽ inside of flower 🌹 pots of a person's hard work for they're plants 🪴 is hard to forget especially when it was for relaxing and meditation in the morning and recovering from the loss of my mom 🙏💜🏡🪴
I honestly feel that mean people shouldn't do things like this and then steal the joy of someone / it really hurts and a week ago someone broke my security light outdoors and that was very ugly for someone to do sad 😢!!!
I had a small business in the far east village on a very ugly block and I put window boxes outside and I pulled up a lot of the cement around the tree to enlarge the planting area and did a massive planting of seasonal flowers and had someone wrap that tree in pink fairy lights. Suddenly that ugly block was much nicer, and it made being in that space a joy. Thank you for creating Beauty where it is so desperately needed.
We did the same thing on a block in the North of Howard neighborhood in Roger’s Park, Chicago. We also held a Sunday morning pancake breakfast every week for the neighborhood kids who helped keep the street clean. Then we converted our backyard into a community gathering patio. All of the residents on our side of the street regularly used the space.
@@brooklynbabe3727 so you know how worthwhile it. Everyone waits for someone else to do it or they think because it’s a public space it will just get ruined. I had very little vandalism and tons of people stopped by to say thank you. I think every business should put a bench outside where anyone can sit and have flower boxes and cultivate/plant the tree pit in front of your building.The world can easily be a much prettier place with a little effort.
I love how this ended - being open to growth helps you catch coincidences /synchronicities like the father seeing you putting out the newly potted myrtles.
Ravij, Brilliant quote: "Embrace the potential for them to be destroyed"...what a liberating way to live! That pot you made has the most beautiful detail. Beautiful!
I had a guru once, who told us something very good that I always keep in mind. He related story about a beautiful and extensive set of rare crystals. He had sitting on his altar, and the wind came through and blew them over and smashed, and everyone thought he’d be very mad or upset. And he said the 4:16 crystals were for my pleasure not for my misery. It’s just the thing you’re happiness dependent on the crystals or the topiary they bring your pleasure not misery.
What an uplifting video. And thank goodness for a father showing his children how to own up and apologize for breaking the flower pot… manners and respect are important lessons in life. Yes, there is still Hope for humanity. Have a beautiful weekend Rajiv ❤❤❤
Oh Rajiv, you are delightful! I remember you from Black Creek Pioneer Village. I saw you one time when I visited the village many years ago. I remember your big smile and that I smiled back, and I have never forgotten that encounter.
Reading your title I thought you where going to show how to repair the vase. 20 years ago I spent a summer in Tuscany and saw how Italian repair the Terracotta pots. They drill holes and tread copper wire to "sew" a seam. I have done many repairs since. I love that the father did talk to you and the kids saying there sorry.
Rajiv you make the world a more beautiful place in so many ways. Beyond the physical and the aesthetic which are obvious, your way of looking at the world touches my soul. What a perfect ending. Wonderful to know that it was an accident.
You have such a beautiful soul, to hear you say "find a way to turn it into something good" I needed to hear those words today. My husband has dementia and it has been so hard trying to navigate the grief of losing someone before losing them. Your perspective touched me deeply, and I just want you to know what a blessing you are to me at this moment. Don't ever change , you're such a joy to listen to and learn from!!!
Yes the world does need more people like this gentleman and other people who live according to their own delightful happy daily lifestyles and embrace the lovely attitude of gratefully admiring their hard work and take initiative to begin a healthy hobby of discipline 🙏.
I agree because think of all the days or years you would NOT have gotten any joy from those plants and beautiful pots on the stoop if you’d been afraid to put them out at all. Other examples: when you knit a sweater or crochet a beautiful white cotton tablecloth for someone, you tell them to wear it, to put it on their table because they are to USE, not put away in a drawer safely, unseen and unused. 😊
You are indeed a class act, and I was so relieved that you were able to rise above what was originally thought to be a malicious act, so encouraged by how you responded and the outcome of the story😀
I rarely comment. Rajiv, I want to thank you for your inspiring positive videos. I’ve watched them all and I look forward to your messages and life lessons. You are truly a blessing. I don’t even have words to express my gratitude. I relate to everything you say…thank you for being you and for sharing your life with us. When you speak, I feel it in my heart and I’m often brought to tears. You are so special and appreciated.
We used to plant lots of flowers in the tree wells and in our window boxes on West 92nd St in Manhattan. Never failed that someone would trash our efforts but we just kept replanting. ❤
The idea of finding the positive in tragedy is something I've tried in the past with some success, but it does depend on the immensity of the tragedy. We lost our son 10 months ago, and are still struggling.
What a 360 turn of an event! If the kids weren’t being careless, and their honest father hadn’t come around, this video wouldn’t been made for us to learn a lesson or two, with a wonderful ending! Thank you!!
God bless that dad who is teaching his children accountability & humility. And God bless you, too, for having such a great attitude & the lessons you try to teach others.
i agree Rajiv! ❤ that’s why i love your words and wisdom of being present 🩵plus the dad maki g his kids responsible and apologize people are i here you good and kind💛
Loved this because someone just accidentally broke my G Wolff saucer and they apologized in person too and it made me appreciate having to source a new saucer (plus I love looking at all the lovely pots on eBay). Couldn’t have come at a better time
That was so kind of the man to let his kids apologize. There is still some good people around. 💗 And they are the majority, otherwise society would have already totally crumbled. 😉
I enjoyed this anecdote and (as it turned out) life lesson very much. I think of all the pairs of eyes which have beheld the little pocket of beauty as they pass your stoop. Placing, replacing and replenishing the pots is an act of optimism and generosity. Nice one, Rajiv! ❤
Mean spirited actions seem to be getting worse the last several years. 😮 It doesn't seem to matter where you live either. I just finished a 5 year project to convert my front lawn into a cottage garden (particularly tricky since I live in a subtropical climate). Most neighbors absolutely love it bc it is neat and tidy with bees and butterflies buzzing everywhere, and lots of colorful things to look at. However, I had to listen to several complaints from 2 busybodies recently. Evidently, according to them, I should have grass, grass, and more grass. 😂
Hi Rajiv, Happy tears for me when I watched right though to the end. Apart from what you revealed; what really "got me" was the close-up shot of your face in the natural daylight, as it made your humanness seem even more real. 👱❤️
Rajiv thou art the special one. Blessed are you for sharing such a powerful story and message. It allowed me to soften my despair and see the good that life sprinkles upon us with an open heart. There is nothing that is going to destroy those mighty Myrtle Sisters. ❤
I love your philosophy. I am a teacher and had a difficult experience today. I am presenting on the power of AI, and so many teachers immediately start with "People (including me as the presenter) will just use AI to cheat or take the easy route out." I'd rather operate from a position of wonder! AI can save me so much time! It allows me to focus on the creative parts of my job! I work hard! I don't need to martyr myself for education! I'm sorry for your pots, but I love your perspective! Thank you for this message today. Let's start from a space of wonder and beauty.
There is a mentally unstable young man who lives in my neighborhood. As he walked by one day he randomly kicked my large terracotta pot and broke it. His illness seems to cause him to strike out at things but not people. He has knocked another neighbor’s mailbox off of its post in the past. Another neighbor’s child-at- play sign was another victim of his impulsive behavior. I do not fear him but I do fear that someone will become angry and harm him one day.
I can completely understand that. I think we've forgotten as a society that not everyone is okay up there, and there needs to be a certain tolerance. We've moved so far into seeking vengeance over everything that it's becoming dangerous to even make an unintended mistake.
Your attitude is inspiring, and I do relate. I learned early on to use and enjoy the precious and beautiful things and not store them away for a “special” occasion. The little joys give extra happiness to our daily life. But the father teaching his kids to take responsibility, that gives hope for us all. Thank you for this story today.💛
How profoundly mean spirited. I felt such frustration for you and certainly highly admire the way in which you just moved forward. That is a shining example for so many people.
I'm so sorry to hear that this a common occurrence but I appreciate that you still keep on replacing the pots. You have inspired me to talk to my landlord to see if he can let me do something similar to make our building more attractive (after the awnings go down as there is no sunshine in the area right now). The super's wife decorates our lobby for all the holidays and we really love and appreciate it so I know my fellow neighbors would love a topiary outside the entrance. Thanks for the inspiration!!
Happy to hear the pots were not vandalized and the father told you that his sons accidentally broke the pots and that they apologized. I must admit that I was surprised that the father did not offer to pay to replace the pots. I actually think that your own handmade replacement pots look even better than the originals. They look like similar to a white handmade clay pot that I have that I treasure.
People acting out have serious problems. It's a shame when something beautiful is broken in that way, but you have a good philosophy about replacing beauty and enjoying it again.
It's like using your best china and glassware every day - it's what it's for! Yes, one day it may get broken, but at least you've had the joy of using them.
Dear Rajiv, The uncountable amount of joy the beautiful pots and plants on your stoop have given far exceed the occasional sad incidents that have occurred through the years. Beauty and joy and hope for humanity for the win!❤❤❤ Blessings to you, Rajiv!
You know you are such an opulent influencer of happiness. I absolutely love how your story and lesson to learn went so nicely with the repotting of your beloved Sisters Myrtle. After watching Rajiv I always find a new appreciation for all of his marvelous adventures to hunt down life’s little everyday useful tools as well as gardening and foraging. Making fabulous friends along the way that open up his life to a newly unlocked love.
🍃I’m so sorry to hear about your handmade pot Guy made, being smashed. So sad. They looked so pretty on your porch entrance area. Kudos to you for not living in fear of what could happen.. I’m not there yet…but I respect your choice. I’ve learned wonderful things from your videos. Thank you so much.🍃Holy Moly.. just saw the end with the father of the kids that broke the pot.. hurray!🎉❤🎈🎊🎉
Your experiences are always so special and I'm glad you share them. Sad way to meet neighbors, but I'm happy everyone behaved well after the unfortunate accident. And, your pots are lovely!
I admire your attitude. I do not see much hope for humanity. My pots will be 5m up in the air once my house reno is completed - everyone can enjoy them, but humanity will have a tough time getting close to them!
Thank you for giving me the confidence to keep my mind lifted up / I've been through a lot of horrible vandalism and I'm sure this video was ment for me to see / and I would hope 🙏😔 that who ever is doing it to anyone's beloved outdoor items would stop it because it's very mean but thanks to this video I'm going to keep my positive Fall season projects moving forward 💜 ! Your faithful content supporter.
I love this ❤ it’s great you don’t give into the fear of others - I’m in Brooklyn and I leave my front door open to receive more light in the house for the past fifteen years. Others had fear but I let them know, I’m living and enjoying life. Good for you Rajiv and your Myrtles are beautiful.
@@ChristineC-nk5fd it’s an easy way to dismiss someone, I’ve lived in Philly and now I live in a small town, there is a noticeable difference. I wish you well
