GROWTH

"There was a seed planted in the soil long ago, buried deep and out of sight. It was covered with dirt and packed down hard so it couldn't see the light. It was all alone and it was scared for the space was oh so tight, it was all alone it didn't even know if I'm to grow which way is right. So this little tiny seed from the depths of the dark, didn't even know how to start thought if I stay where I am than maybe someday, someone will show me the way.
Finally one day the rain started to pour and the seed felt a little drop. It thought, maybe that came from up above maybe I should reach for the top. But, what if I'm scared? The clay is hard and cold. What if I can't make it through? What's the worst, even if it hurts, I've got to be of better use? So this little tiny seed from the depths of the dark, who thought he didn't know how to start, thought if I reach a little further then maybe someday, someone will show me the way.
The further he went the further he got and so he grew and grew, He popped right up from the soil to see a world so beautiful he couldn't believe and as he sprang with color he'd kept within he thought, how could life have been so dim? So this little tiny seed from the depths of the dark. Who thought he didn't know how to start. With the help of a raindrop reached out from within and that's how his life began."


This is a silly kid song a woman who worked at a summer camp with me wrote, but today it speaks to my heart. Growth doesn't always have to be about super hard things, but sometimes it's about making one decision and sticking with it. Shoot...sometimes it's just about honoring yourself. And that my friends is growth in me.

"To thine ownself be true."

Thank you William.