There’s something about undying efforts, struggle and resilience. Its fruit may not shine forth from the onset but when it finally does it springs out like everything else doesn’t matter anymore. In any ramification of life if you want to achieve beautiful results you must pay the price,i don’t really think thats a man made structure or system but just nature.
I stood in front of a little tree after admiring its beauty and independence for a while. It has been there for months, growing and evolving into a more beautiful tree as days pass, withstanding the challenges that plants face on a daily bases. Poor weather condition, pests and dust/waste from human activities never made the tree reduce its quality or growth pace because the main source of growth is already used to working a lifetime without rest! It was built for that and it’s not a deformity but a super special skill instead. In a world where humans keeps complaining because there’s no place for rest or enough rest but a tree like this keeps striving through life and the odds without complaining, thats why it looks so beautiful. This tree has paid its price for ambition that will last its lifetime because basically the root isthe source of life for this tree, goes deep down to the earth and get the necessary minerals needed to keep the whole tree living and have its body(stem) glowing. Why do I think it paid for a lifetime? Every part of a plant is expected to survive on its root and every root has the same lifespan as the tree so yes the root keeps working endlessly and tirelessly for the stem to keep glowing all through its lifetime. The tree dies when the root dies and since its the source of livelihood it also does the wonderful job of surviving its own self(root). Rest no more is the root’s slogan thats why it survived and was able to help the grow and become so beautiful, it mastered the art of breaking the soil deeply to get water in very dry seasons and coarse conditions. Even the fact that it was planted very close to the wall is a disadvantage, very few inches away is a gutter and still covered around artificial grass and stones made it work more than required but yeah the end result or current result is beautiful!
Now not only the tree is tasking the root to rest no more but so many things….. the tree is already out and looking beautiful as intended to be a form of ornament, animals or reptiles gather around during early hours of the day’s sunshine to catch a glimpse of the beauty and warmth , the chameleons too never forget to go put on some beautiful nature green clothes , the butterflies, just name it! Just keep working and rest no more oh ye root! Human beings also love the sight of the tree, im not even going to talk about the comfort yet, photographers and content creators cant have enough of the scene even when sun strikes the shadow becomes so nice to behold and passers by never forget to use their camera. All of these are enough to keep the roots working forever if possible and see no rest for life because for so many reasons the demand of its existence keep increasing.
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Just like this tree, humans should be more accommodating, more daring , more resilient and more hardworking to get that bag of ambition. We should learn to adapt to challenges and not always backoff, we should be the root and not the stem if we’re being ambitious because thats the only way or best way to scale through life and achieving our goals. Just believe that the system was made to be hard and work harder than it, simple! Rest no more until you have your ambitions secured.
Thanks for reading
Saint Herod