When the garden starts going to hell, why keep supporting the gardener?
Just a thought: Say you had a gardener for many years. Fifty years ago, he was a fine gardener, with his thoughts only on the health of your lawn and flowers.
Now, he’s old. He doesn’t care about your lawn. He actually lets all your flowers die and then lies about it. He continually asks for more money. He requests that you only go visit your lawn at certain times. He even starts destroying your neighbors’ lawns.
Would you fire this man? Or would you keep paying him whatever he wants, while making excuses for his awful work? Like pointing out to people the small, nice parts of the lawn that still remain. Would you encourage others to hire him, as well?
Would you do that?
I didn’t think so.
–WKW