Growth and Death I love when plants grow new leaves. Growth in general is such a beautiful experience, and I enjoy having a front row seat to watching my personal plants sprout. Each new leaf starts as a tiny bud, unfurls into a miniature version of its future self, and then continues to get bigger
As I wrote in a previous blog post, Tiny Seeds, “[One] thing a seed has to have in order to grow is soil. The type of soil varies based on the seed’s specific needs. Many seeds thrive in dark soil, such as potting soil. Some can live in rocky soil; others, such as baby’s breath,
When you think of the word failure, how would you define it? According to Wikipedia, failure is “the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended outcome, and it may be viewed as the opposite of success,” and Merriam-Webster defines it as “falling short.” No matter how a person explains failure, it typically
All plants start off as tiny seeds. Even the already-blooming plants you can buy at the store were once a seed. All seeds are similar, but they have differences too. People are the same. Our Beginning As humans, we are all very different. We have different skin and hair, we have different personality traits, we
I have said it before, and I will say it again: failure is not bad. In fact, failure is important for our growth as human beings. Growing up, I would avoid failure as much as I could. But today, I cope with failure in a different way. A Secure Identity The first step I had
“To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least-recognized need of the human soul.” -Simone Weil When I see a plant and begin to think of how it relates to a person’s life, the first thing that comes to my mind is the plant’s roots. One of the main life sources for a plant