Planting Seeds of Potential

 

Everything we do and say can be equated to seeds.  A seed’s main characteristic, whatever its variety, is potential.  Potential speaks of what could be, is possible, likely, latent or probable.  Our actions and words produce a result of some sort, and not necessarily what we expect.  Even inaction is a response to the seed we’ve planted.  

Sometimes we become frustrated by the results of our efforts.  There are a number of things to consider.  We may not have thought enough about whether the growth conditions were right or not for that particular seed.  We may have planted:

·         on lumpy or stony ground, which needed to be winnowed in advance

·         our seed in the wrong place and the soil is unable to sustain it 

·         mixed seed, with the stronger choking the weaker

·         unlabelled seed so don’t know what will appear  

As we each plant seeds today, think about what we intend them to produce.  Will their produce be for us or someone else?  Will we be able to manage the harvest that comes from our planting?  Will the produce itself contain good potential or be barren? Will we need to do some weeding in ourselves before we attempt to plant our seed elsewhere?