46 lines
1.4 KiB
Markdown
46 lines
1.4 KiB
Markdown
---
|
|
title: "Growth"
|
|
permalink: "/growth"
|
|
description: "Healthy growth is always bi-directional."
|
|
keywords: ""
|
|
category: motivational
|
|
image: "trees"
|
|
---
|
|
|
|
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.<!--more-->
|
|
|
|
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 grow as well, 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
|
|
|
|
Every life form exhibits growth.
|
|
|
|
Indeed, the proof of life is growth.
|
|
|
|
Can you really say you are alive without 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."
|
|
|
|
It's a simple choice. But not easy.
|
|
|
|
Nevertheless, my hope is that you choose to live intentionally.
|
|
|
|
Choose life. Choose growth.
|