WHAT ARE YOU CULTIVATING?

Many of us learned the lesson of horticulture in 3rd grade when our teacher allowed us to plant our first seed. We were instructed to use our forefinger to create a cylindrical hole in the soil, place the seed within the hole, and cover the seed with soil concealing the seed. Then we strategically moved our potted seeds as close to the window as possible ensuring it would absorb an abundance of sunlight. From that point forward, sometimes daily we watered our mound of dirt waiting with bated breath for results, any results.

At that age, we had no understanding of how this small seed was going to push through the concealment, darkness, and weight and metamorphose into a green plant. What we didn't understand is that each seed has a protective outer shell that will not allow growth until it is in the right environment. The seed also has nutrients inside to sustain it during the growth process, but again none of this takes place until the seed is satisfied and the environment is optimal. That is when the seed opens and roots grow down into the soil.

So as a quick review, the seed needs optimal conditions to take root, darkness, soil, isolation, water, and sunlight. The seed will never grow if all these things do not align but rest assured it has enough to sustain itself once the shell is broken.

So what seeds have you allowed to be planted into your heart, mind, spirit, and belief system?

Have others told you that you aren't good enough, smart enough, skinny enough, or pretty enough?

The more important question is have you watered that negative seed by agreeing and shedding light on it?

Have you planted your own seed by saying I' 'll never be a wife or a business owner or I' 'll never be a homeowner? Remember, the seed has enough nutrients to sustain itself once you have given it the optimal environment to thrive.

You have hidden these negative seeds in darkness and isolation and you are allowing it to grow a root system. You can no longer become a collaborator in your depreciation!

"Man has grown so weary with the persistent verbal degradation that he no longer can decipher between the source, the external voices, or the voice from within."

Dr. Darren L. DuBose Sr.

Do you remember your teacher's warning?

"If you dig that seed up too early, you will disturb the environment and it will never grow. "

It's time to uproot some bad seeds and some tangled root systems starting today! And from this day forward only accept good seeds, cultivate them, and allow them to multiply.

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