Chinese Bamboo Tree

The Chinese Bamboo

This story inspires me and more and more i learn a lot from the simple story of the Chinese Bamboo. Many authors have written a lot of lessons about this unique tree and we can relate it to our every day life. Its a story full of inspiration. Dan Miller is one author who also wrote a simple story about this Super Grass Tree !!! I like the story of the Chinese bamboo tree: You take a little seed, plant it, water it, and fertilize it for a whole year, and nothing happens.

The second year you water it and fertilize it, and nothing happens.

The third year you water it and fertilize it, and nothing happens. How discouraging this becomes! The fifth year you continue to water and fertilize the seed and then---take note. Sometime during the fifth year, the Chinese bamboo tree sprouts and grows NINETY FEET IN SIX WEEKS!!!! 

Life is much akin to the growing process of the Chinese bamboo tree.

It is often discouraging. We seemingly do things right, and nothing happens. But for those who do things right and are not discouraged and are persistent, things will happen. Finally we begin to receive the rewards.

I am now receiving the rewards of seeds that were planted 5 years ago. You are as well. Are you getting the results you want? If not, begin today to sow the seeds of what you want 5 years from now.

By Simba Mwaingeni