Look up at the sun, and you'll know if there's enough water in the fields today.

Look up at the sun, and you'll know if there's enough water in the fields today.

Before, to know if there was enough water, you had to run to the edge of the field. You'd squat down, dig into the soil to see if it was wet; touch the leaves to see if they were wilted. You'd walk row by row, inspect each plot, and after half a day, you'd be exhausted, not knowing if there was enough water.

Now you don't have to run around. In the morning, you just stand in the yard, look up at the sun, and you know what's going on. If the sun is strong, the irrigation boards will get plenty of heat, the water pump will run faster, and the water will flow freely. When the sun is intense, you know the seedlings are drinking their fill; when the sun is weak, you know the water flow is slower, but there's enough. One glance at the sky tells you the situation in the fields.

This feeling is truly magical. You don't need to go yourself, you don't need to check manually; the sun watches for you, the machines do the work. You stand in the yard, basking in the sun, thinking about the crops in the fields, and you feel incredibly at ease. Where there's sun, there's water; where there's water, there are seedlings; where there are seedlings, there's a harvest.

On a cloudy day, you look up and know the water flow is slow, but you also know the battery has enough power from yesterday. On a sunny day, you know there's enough water for the seedlings to drink their fill. When the wind blows, you know the windmills are turning and electricity is flowing. No matter the weather, just look up and you'll know what's going on.

Look up at the sun and you'll know if there's enough water in the fields today. From today onward, you're no longer someone tethered to the land, but someone who looks at the sky, thinks about the land, and knows what's in your heart.