gardening my mind

my counselor and i rooted out a dying shrub in the landscaped garden of my mind. 

it left a hole larger than i was expecting. 

you see, this shrub didn't look like it was dying. in fact, from one angle the part that was still thriving was growing wild, reaching for new ways to take purchase. it was necessary to remove it because keeping it meant the shrub could potentially choke out other plants or worse, spread disease. 

but now i have a hole larger than i was expecting and i don't know what to do with it. when i scan over the landscape, i no longer feel continuity or ubiquity. now my mind is caught on the substantial void—and the ways it must be filled. 

this poses questions as i am certain you'd agree. what do i fill it with? is my counselor also a gardener, and can help me determine what is best suited to plant there? will the soil first need tending as i emulsify nutrients for optimal growth? if so, what does that look like? or perhaps we can just pick a hardier species of plant, one that is apt to the overall scheme? plant it, water it, and move on. 

and then there is the final option that a fellow gardener of the mind suggested. what if, for now, it is enough to fill the hole with more dirt, stop the drip-line from watering that area, and tend it by plucking weeds that hope to sprout, allowing space for a while?