Become A Mighty Oak
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Lets learn from nature
I have let my thoughts wander while trying to find an introduction to my young entrepreneurs meeting and I started thinking about nature [again] it seems that we can learn so much from the natural world if only we look.
The main thing that we forget is that we are part of this wonderful natural world.
The first thing to consider is that everything in nature is programmed to become the best they can , plants, trees, animals, fish etc.. they are all pre programmed to achieve the very best status that they can. Like humans they encounter hurdles and obstacles, but they never change their programme. If a plant lacks water it withers and hangs on to life until it gets more water, the minute it gets more water it just carries on trying to achieve being the best it can. It does not say that was too hard I think I will just make do from now on.
When I thought about the humble acorn, I came up with a wonderful analogy. I have often said before that no one can tell an aco
that it will not grow into a mighty oak, but I had never considered the odds of it actually achieving its goal.
On one oak tree there are many thousands of aco
s, they are all programmed to be very successful oak trees. Let us follow the journey of an aco
as it tries to fulfil its goal.
Once they fall to the ground things really start to hot up, squirrels start collecting them to store up for the winter, wild pigs eat them, birds start to eat them in fact things are looking a bit shaky.
The few who actually get blown or somehow arrive at a fertile place, start to germinate and take root. Once they are saplings they once again become food for various creatures.
So out of the thousands of aco
s that fell from the tree, very few will actually reach their full potential.
What is the point of all this I hear you say.
Well the point is that although only a few aco
s become big oak trees, if they had been blessed with a brain like us humans, I should think that the species would die out.
The actual hardships that they are faced with makes no difference to the individual acorn, because he has a programme that says he will grow into a mighty oak as soon as he is given the opportunity. He cannot think of what has happened to his brothers and sisters, and he cannot worry about what might happen once he germinates. He is only interested in becoming the best oak tree he can.
Once again I hear you saying Croz has finally lost it.
Well the difference between you and the acorn, is that you can position yourself at any time to reach your full potential. You are in control and not at the mercy of others.
If you just forgot about the past and all the negative programming and just said to yourself, I am going to be the best I can possibly be and achieve all I desire, and I will deal with any situation as it is presented, and not imagine things to solve, you too may become a mighty oak.
Humans are the only thing in the natural world that are born with a programme of success, and spend their whole life defusing it and making up reasons why they CANNOT achieve their goals.
As I say just a thought!!
Abundance to All
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