What a beautiful day it is outside today! Even if it were raining and storming I would have to say the same thing. Today is a spring day...a day where when it is sunny and decent outside, you start to plant the seeds for all the flowers and fruits and vegetables that you hope to harvest later in the year. While I started this blog today writing about planting physical seeds, today is also about planting hypothetical, symbolic seeds.
What are hypothetical, symbolic seeds? It's the seeds of influence that we put in others lives. Tonight we get to babysit our nieces and nephews. Our hopes are that something in our lives helps to influence their lives in a positive way. We also plant the seeds of how far we've come in our own growth and change into others lives. When we do this there is opportunity to continue growing more and more and more.
When we plant (physical) seeds, we do so with the hope that they will produce fruit. The same way we hope that the physical seed grows, so do we hope that the symbolic seed would to. We have to be patient and realize that it takes time for things to grow.
The seeds we plant don't have to be major things. When we do this, we put all hope in the idea that the seed will grow this great thing and we forget to nourish it and feed it. We just try to sit back and hope it'll grow. We have to start small and work our way up, nourishing it and feeding it and helping it grow.
Today I am going to make sure that I am helping those seeds that I have already planted to help grow. I am going to continue helping my nieces and nephew and trying to make a positive impact on their lives.
Go plant a seed today.
Well I did plant some garden seeds inside to get them sprouted. Also because of the warm weather, we had two asparagus plants pop out and grow to 20" tall. Those babies are already too mature to pick, but there are about a dozen new shoots coming up, and I will be watching closer this time. If you are lucky, you just toss the seeds to the ground, and come back later looking for a harvest, and maybe you've got a few things to pick. But without care and nurturing, you'll be very fortunate to even locate them within all the weeds.
ReplyDeleteThus it is with children. They need continuing care and inspiration as they grow. And unlike the asparagus, they won't grow overnight, although 20 years from now, you may look back, and think that they did grow overnight. We have some grandchildren that we have planted many, many inspirational seeds. My own worst fear is that I may say or do something that might have a negative effect on them. I do not want that to happen, even if it is oh so small a thing. So I think about every little thing that I say or do with the grandkids, or any children for that matter. It is primarily up to their parents to be that positive effect on their lives, but we can help with that when we are with them. How cool it is to go see them using some of what we taught them, a play, a ball game, a graduation, or just to see them, put our arms around them, and tell them that they are the best, and most beautiful, and that we love them. In this way, we can reap the fruits of our previously planted seeds, while at the same time, planting the next seed.
Well Melissa you are so amazing to come up with this subject. Loved it.
ReplyDeleteDave, you're not so bad yourself. Good job. I could not add anything to either. Thanks.