diff --git a/_posts/2020-03-01-growth.md b/_posts/2020-03-01-growth.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a9b5882 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2020-03-01-growth.md @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +--- +title: "Daily Blog: Growth" +permalink: "/growth" +description: "Healthy growth is always bi-directional." +keywords: "" +image: "trees" +image-attrib: "Some trees in Los Baños, Philippines" +--- + +Have you ever planted a tree? I have not had the opportunity, but that is something I want to do. + +I want to have a backyard with trees I planted myself. + +Notice how good, healthy trees grow? They usually go upward seeking the rays of the sun. + +But what's not so obvious is that underneath, the roots also grow, crawling outwards seeking more nutrition from the soil. + +## Grow Like Trees + +We should grow like this too. Not just in appearance, but also in depth. + +There is more to us than the physical self and the outward public performance we portray. + +Emotionally, mentally, spiritually, we need to always seek to grow. + +And in our relationships, it is better to seek more depth rather than shallow popularity. + +This is quite challenging when popular culture aims to measure us in the number of followers and likes. + +## Back to Basics + +Any life form exhibits some form of growth. Indeed, the proof of life is growth. + +Can you really say you are alive withouth growth? + +In the movie Shawshank Redemption, Andy Dufresne said this line to his fellow inmate Red: + +> "Life comes down to a simple choice: You're either busy living or busy dying." + +My hope is that you choose to live intentionally. + +Choose life. Choose growth. diff --git a/assets/images/trees.jpg b/assets/images/trees.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..873806d Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/images/trees.jpg differ