Where do trees come from?
Seeds.
When we look at trees we often forget that they originated from something so small.
A seed carries within it everything it needs to become a beautifully tall tree.
Isn’t that crazy to think about. That a seed can become 30-50 feet on average for a medium size tree, but can also become over 300 feet for some of the tallest trees in the world. And the only thing that varies between these trees, is the information that the seed carries within it.
In an experiment done, a group of scientists put soil in a bathtub where they planned to plant a seed. They measured the soils weight before they planted the seed and they also measured how much the seed weighed.
After a while, once the seed had grown into a tree they took the tree out and weighed it. Of course this result is not surprising, the tree weighed more than the seed when it was originally weighed. However, the interesting part of this experiment was that when the scientists weighed the soil, they found that it weighed the exact same compared to before they had planted the tree.
You may be asking, What does this mean? What this means is that the tree did not take in any of the soil. The tree did not absorb any soil. The seed had everything it needed within it to become the tree, all it needed was the right environment in order to grow.
The information of being a 50 foot tree was already within the tiny seed, the only thing it needed was an environment where it could grow and express itself, otherwise it would have never become a tree.
Now that is crazy to think about. Every tree you see on your way to work or on your way home, started out as a seed. The biggest things in life, our biggest accomplishments in life start off as an idea. And it’s so easy to forget it when we look at people’s lives and say “wow look at all that they have done” and then want all that for ourselves in an instant. We forget that all that started with an idea. A thought. Essentially everything is birthed from a thought.
Thoughts lead to emotion, emotion leads to action, and a series of actions has created everything we see in the world.
If we take that experiment and apply it to our lives, we can conclude the following: we carry everything we need to express our greatness, to live out our greatest dreams, and to become someone so loving that we cause the people around us to express more love and gratitude in their lives by merely spending time with them. We carry it all within us right in this moment. Anything and everything you can imagine. We are like the seed. What does the seed need, an environment that will allow for its growth to occur. All we need is the right environment so that we can allow what needs to be expressed through us to be expressed.
Now, don’t get me wrong i’m not saying that you need to surround yourself in the right physical environment. We do NOT depend on our physical environment for growth. Rather, what we need is to create the right emotional and mental environment for ourselves to grow and live out our dreams.
And that means paying attention to your thoughts, and emotions you are embracing.
That is what creates your environment. What you believe, what you think, what you feel. They determine the quality of your life. And guess what, no matter what you’ve been told previously, those are completely in your hands. Your mood doesn’t have to be determined by the news, traffic, social media, what someone said, etc. Your mood is 110% determined by you. You have complete control over it. You’ve just been taught to believe that you have to react a certain way, or simply are used to allowing those things to take control of your mood. But I’m here to show you your power. Remind you of your power. Your power to determine and choose how you are going to feel and what you are going to think. Your power to ultimately change the quality of your life completely. It’s all in your hands, you just have to remember.
Remember that you are not what people say about you. Remember that you are not you thoughts or your emotions, rather you determine them, you choose them. Remember that your thoughts create your reality and who you are is what you will attract. Remember that all your power lies within you and you are not limited to who you have been. In fact, you are not limited at all. Remember your greatness and realize that it is here now, waiting for you to see it.
With that said, I invite you all to go within and ask yourselves if the environment you have created for yourself is one for growth. And to be unafraid of the answer, it’s ok if it is not currently. Just know that you have everything you need within you to create that environment. It does not matter what you have done up until now, what will determine your future is what you do from here on. It’s never too late to start. Find what lights you up and surround your mind with thoughts that empower you. Always remember that the change this world needs starts with you. You are unique and you have value to add to this world. Go within and you’ll find that you are enough and you have always been enough. You have everything you need to make your dreams your reality. So go out there and be extraordinary.
Until next time friend,
Camila Tracanelli
