[Grammar] Water your bad days with love and patience, watch as flowers grow from it tomorrow

[kadioguy]

[From a picture]

Water your bad days with love and patience, watch as flowers grow from it tomorrow.

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Why is it "it" rather than "them", which I think refers to "your bad days"?

PS - I know that another issue in it is about run-on sentence.

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[Tarheel]

It's rather poetic. Unfortunately, I don't understand the second part of that sentence at all. I like the first part, but the second part is a puzzle. In addition, there's a comma splice. That is, there should be two sentences, and the second one is a do over.

 

[kadioguy]

Unfortunately, I don't understand the second part of that sentence at all. I like the first part, but the second part is a puzzle.

I think it means this:

(Today) Water your bad days with love and patience; watch as flowers grow from it tomorrow.（That is, you will learn something positive from it.)

 

[Tdol]

I'd use them.

 

[Tarheel]

Water your bad days with love and patience

OK.

Then:

Watch as flowers grow from them tomorrow.

That's not showing patience at all. It's still a do over. Also, I don't think it's worth wasting any more time on.

I always know what I want to say. (Stay tuned.)

 

[kadioguy]

It's still a do over.

Does that mean it's not a well-written sentence and it needs to do again?

 

[emsr2d2]

A lot of these "inspirational quotes" are poorly written. You're supposed to take the spirit of the message from them, not analyse them grammatically.

 

[Rover_KE]

Does that mean it's not a well-written sentence and [STRIKE]it[/STRIKE] needs to [STRIKE]do[/STRIKE] be done again?

;-)

 

[Tdol]

A lot of these "inspirational quotes" are poorly written. You're supposed to take the spirit of the message from them, not analyse them grammatically.

This one is.

 

[Tarheel]

Water your bad days with love and patience. Soon enough dear heart the bloom of compassion and understanding will be yours.
:up:

 

[Tarheel]

Does that mean it's not a well-written sentence, and it needs to be rewritten?

That's exactly what that means. (See post #10.)