There is no Trash

That banana peel is not trash. It’s nitrogenous organic material waiting to decompose.

Those leaves are not junk. They are carbonaceous material waiting to be eaten by worms.

Almost all kitchen and yard waste is future soil for the garden. It’s all compost, if we’re patient enough to let nature do its work. This is the way the economy of nature functions. Everything is recycled. Nothing wasted. A banana (or a leaf) dies, decomposes, and nourishes the next generation of life.

Your failed work is the same.
It didn’t get published.
It wasn’t noticed by the boss.
It was dismissed at the board meeting.
It didn’t receive funding.

Don’t send it to the trash heap!

Put it back into the composting bin of ideas. Turn it, mix it, and most of all, be patient with it as it takes on new forms. It will either nourish your next idea or be reborn in a new form.

There is no trash. Only compost.