Don't judge each day by the harvest that you reap but by the seeds that you plant. - Robert Louis Stevenson
I heard this quote for the first time tonight.
It reminded me of one of my favorite stories, based on a true story, called "The Man Who Planted Trees" - if you don't know it, I suggest you go to YouTube and look it up - the video (done by the National Film Board and narrated by Christopher Plummer) is about 30 minutes or so, and for this reason they have broken it up into about three parts, I think. Anyway, the story is about how the faithful planting of trees by one man for several years, transformed a desolate wasteland into a life-filled countryside.
The truth is, we don't know what our seed-sowing will produce. We have no idea whose life we will touch, or how - and we may never know. But someone will.
Someone is glad I am here. Someone has been, is being, or will be blessed by something I do, say, or leave behind. I do believe that. I believe it is true for every person; each has a purpose that is far beyond his or her capacity to imagine.
It is hard to say what that might be, or how it will pan out in the end. But we all plant seeds - for good or ... not - and these seeds WILL bear fruit. We may be curious as to the reasons why, or to our purpose, or to the "harvest" that may result. But the harvest - small or large - doesn't matter. Only the planting matters. One seed after another: a smile, a kind word. Honesty, openness, willingness, day after day, hour upon hour.
Tiny seeds. Who knows where they will lead, how much they will grow?
I don't. But I know Who does.
I heard this quote for the first time tonight.
It reminded me of one of my favorite stories, based on a true story, called "The Man Who Planted Trees" - if you don't know it, I suggest you go to YouTube and look it up - the video (done by the National Film Board and narrated by Christopher Plummer) is about 30 minutes or so, and for this reason they have broken it up into about three parts, I think. Anyway, the story is about how the faithful planting of trees by one man for several years, transformed a desolate wasteland into a life-filled countryside.
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| I got this still from the video at this site |
The truth is, we don't know what our seed-sowing will produce. We have no idea whose life we will touch, or how - and we may never know. But someone will.
Someone is glad I am here. Someone has been, is being, or will be blessed by something I do, say, or leave behind. I do believe that. I believe it is true for every person; each has a purpose that is far beyond his or her capacity to imagine.
It is hard to say what that might be, or how it will pan out in the end. But we all plant seeds - for good or ... not - and these seeds WILL bear fruit. We may be curious as to the reasons why, or to our purpose, or to the "harvest" that may result. But the harvest - small or large - doesn't matter. Only the planting matters. One seed after another: a smile, a kind word. Honesty, openness, willingness, day after day, hour upon hour.
Tiny seeds. Who knows where they will lead, how much they will grow?
I don't. But I know Who does.
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