Seeds

 

The Power of Seeds and Metaphorically how seeds are in everything; they are life

Every spring as the snow thaws and the weather is basically drunk, farmers, gardeners and households are ready to search for seeds to furrow into their fields and gardens.  Some have purchased their seeds while others gathered their seeds in the fall to replant in the warm spring weather.  The latter seeming to be a joke this year!

Life in general is a seed, it is often viewed with an everyday eye but when we examine this tiny start and watch as it fulfills a journey of growth it is quite amazing.  Planting the garden every year I am truly humbled by the power of a seed; a leek seed for example is so small that if a slight gust of wind comes, it will fly away out of my hand.  Yet, when it comes time to harvest the leek from this tiny seed, it’s beauty, strength and color are a wonder to look at.  Carrot seeds are similar in size to the leek and in fact they are so small I have mixed them with sand and place them in a shaker to expel them to their new temporary home.

This is where seeds and humans are the same, an idea, a thought, can be considered the seed of an amazing change or catalyst of what is to come next.  We are capable of good, and we are capable of evil, our choice; life is an opportunity to plant a seed of good in what sometimes can only be described as a nasty storm of stuff.  It probably is why I like to grow food; I get to view this tiny spec of good grow into a source of nutritional deliciousness!  Seeds are interesting as they can soar through and drop into unbelievable places to grow; have you ever witnessed an evergreen growing out of granite? I have.  It’s all about fungi, the fungi are found on the roots and that fungi breaks down the rock to offer nutrients to the roots and tree. 

Thus, seeds of good are something we should all consider, even in the craziest places where it does not appear the seed will have what is necessary to take root.  It may look like a gray dreary place filled with corruption of the worst kind and yet one tiny seed can come in and find just enough substance to make change of monumental consequences.  Life is like that; we say one word or direct one person towards a journey of positivity we could be planting the very seed that shifts the universe into a different direction.

Planting a garden often requires us to consider what plants grow well together or ensuring the distance between the plants are sufficient to allow room for growth.  This type of planting is a well thought out plan, it shows thinking, planning, and envisioning what the growth from the seeds will look like.  Unlike the seed flying and landing in a unique area to find itself growing out of a rock, planning the garden can ensure we have an excellent harvest.  This is also true in life, when we plan and work to plant positive seeds in life, we are looking to have a bountiful harvest in the fall of life.  When we educate, we are planting seeds, when we instruct how to, we are planting seeds, when we offer paths through tough and difficult times, we are planting seeds.  The same is true for negative seeds, those seeds we sow could be the very seeds of destruction if we are not careful. 

Perception of good seeds versus bad seeds is another interesting dichotomy we all have seen dandelions bloom and blow their seeds all over the front lawn and within weeks the green grass is filled with yellow dandelion flowers.  The neighborhood association, “you need to clean that lawn up.”  Hmm…I cannot eat that grass, but I can eat the dandelion greens?  This is also true in life, the politician telling us to fear whatever is good for us.

Seeds are a source of good and bad for some, while seeds for me represent what could be possible, if I water and feed those seeds.  Looking into the weeds of yesterday only to find nutrient rich foods growing freely in the yard.  Seeds of knowledge are feared by some and relished by most it is a conundrum when the knowledge offered has zero validity nor has it been vetted, but this seed does not need to be, instead it grows out of ignorance.  Ignorance to life sustaining possibilities of a plant called a weed.