Fruit Follow up...

I have a feeling that my post about my fruit was really only truly funny to me! I am sorry for that. Let me explain (or atleast try) why this was so.
I have been thinking lately about my responsibility as a mother. I find myself frustrated all too often with myself and my inability to be patient with my kids. With that said, when I was thinking about the apple in my basket that was going bad and had the thought "by their fruits ye shall know them"; I thought about my children...my fruit if you will. The reason why I laughed is because I felt like I was being taught (if not warned) in a rather visual & humorous way: Like if I am a bad apple, my children will be too or if I am constantly impatient, my children will be too...
Allow me to further my explanation:
When I buy fruit I don't buy it bad, as with my children; when they come into my life, they are perfect (at least Spiritually). I have a certain amount of time to do something with the fruit before it goes bad, just the same as with my kids. I have heard many times before, that childhood is such a crucial time, we need to take advantage of the time we have with our children; they are eager to learn, to listen to our stories and to allow us to teach them. Just like with the apple in my basket I should have eaten it a week or so ago and I didn't, if I don't take advantage of the time I have with my kids they might just go bad!
(Okay so let me just say this: I know we do not eat our children. I hope you understand that this is not what I am trying to say.):)
After somewhat thinking this through I talked to my mom and she gave me a similar analagy. (if you'll forgive me for two in one post)
A garden: if you plant a lot of good seeds in it, there isn't room for as many weeds. If you don't plant anything or not very much there is room for more weeds.
It made me feel better to hear this because after the whole fruit thing I got thinking about what I am doing. I know I am not perfect nor will I be in this life and it was nice to know that all the good things I try to teach & do with my kids are important, they matter. If I do more good things than I do bad then there will still be lots of good fruit and I won't have to spend all my time trying to pull up weeds. :)
Please tell me if this doesn't make sense! This writing stuff is really hard for me because I am not so natural at it. I would rather video tape myself telling you all this than I would type it. (but then again, I would feel like I had to be more presentable then I am now!) So forget I just said that!