Hajja Salesjana July-September 2021

Don’t Confuse Being Planted With Being Buried 12 H AJJA S ALESJANA “If you’re going to reach your potential, you have to know you are a good seed,” notes an evangelist. “God wouldn’t have breathed His life into you, He wouldn’t have chosen you before you could choose Him, if you didn’t have purpose, destiny and greatness. “You may have made mistakes, but there’s something in you that can’t stop the seed. You may have come from negative circumstances, but that doesn’t change your seed. “Don’t let how you were raised, what you didn’t get, or any dysfunction convince you that you’re not up to par, that you can’t do something great. Because you’re a good seed, you’re still going to shine, you’re still going to blossom.” Interesting words from someone even Cardinal George Pell listened to while imprisoned down in Australia and looking for inspiration. “In life, you have to realize that you’ll have some dirt put on you. At times, it feels like you’re a buried seed. You’ll feel like you’ll never get past a sickness, a trouble, an addiction. It’s dark, you feel pressure all around, and you don’t see a way out. The good news is that you’re not buried, you’re planted. The difference is that when you’re buried, you’re done, but when you’re planted, you’re coming up again, stronger, healthier, more successful. But here’s the key: Being planted feels the same as being buried. It’s dark, it’s uncomfortable, you feel pushed down and compacted. If you judge things too soon and get discouraged, you’ll give up on your dreams.” And we all find this: times when we’re in a dark place, when there’s grit and dirt around, on, or in us, times when we can’t see light. Yet, we can flower. Always! Now, we men prefer the metaphor of a tree. There is the mustard seed. A tiny seed. But an enormous tree, when it makes its by SPIRIT DAILY Photo by Jeb Buchman www.unsplash.com