But the majority is working just
to work, not to grow and learn.
This stage is where you decide
to serve WE than to serve ME.
Just as the Seed submits to the
ground, we should submit to
others and work as a team in or-
der to be truly great.
After planting ourselves in the
right place, next comes the
growth stage. This is where you
learn the most, you can grow
to be the great leader you are
meant to be. Knowing that you
got to this stage turns you into
a positive person, learning from
the good and the bad. You ex-
perience failure and hard times,
but you will learn from them so
you can grow more.
A lot of people do not do well
in this stage because they ac-
cept the fact that they failed
and perhaps can’t stand again.
The solution for that as the au-
thor mentioned is perseverance.
When the Seed experiences the
growth stage, it is still fragile
and growing. It can face the sun
and the rain but it is still going
to grow and eventually, it will
experience the last stage of be-
coming a Tree.
The last stage is the rewarding
stage and is called “The Har-
vest Stage.” This is when you
become the wisest of yourself.
You collect all the results from
your hard work, and become
who you are meant to be. This
is when you understand your
purpose, and why it took you all
three stages to get here. When
you finally understand who you
are, you can make an impact
and become an inspiration for
a lot of people. The final stage
is when you realize that all the
stages before it were the im-
portant part of the journey be-
cause you learned a lot about
yourself and you worked hard
for it. So imagine if in the sec-
ond stage you plant yourself in
the right place, and enjoy what
you are doing, would you not
get to The Harvest Stage? Trust
me, you will! The key to getting
through every step is patience,
and to believe that it takes time,
to get there.
I am one of the biggest exam-
ples of this journey from seed
to tree. After reading this book,
I became a better and a happier
person because I changed my
perspective. I am not living my
life without purpose anymore,
like I was when I was lost in my
first year in a new country. Now
I am looking to find my purpose
in life by living every day fully.
I am patient because I know
that if I learn everything from
each day I have now, I will
learn on my path of growth.
This past year was the hardest
year in my life because I made
a big change. But with the wis-
dom of the Seed I know that I
can change my experience by
changing my point of view.
And I truly believe that’s how
we grow and improve.
Sound of Morocco (Poem)
I miss the good homemade food
That is prepared with so much love
Especially eating the couscous
With the sound of the neighbors calling their kids
Yahya, Sherif, Fatima, Selma .....
Having a Ukulele at home
Makes me think about the love I have for music
Hopefully soon we can go back on a trip to my home country
Morocco
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