The Seeds of Life
“Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow…
Some seeds fell on the path and were taken.
Some fell on rocky ground and could not take root.
Some were choked by thorns.
And some fell on good soil and brought forth abundance.
And then the simple invitation: “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
(Gospel of Matthew 13:3–9)
These words, attributed to Jesus Christ, offer a clear observation of life. Not everything grows. Not everything we are given finds a way to flourish. Conditions matter. Depth matters. What surrounds us matters.
But if we stop there, it can feel as though life is something that happens to us.
Then comes another way of looking.
As Prem Rawat points out, when you look at a forest, what do you actually see? You do not see the seeds that failed. You see what has grown. Life expresses itself through what worked, not through what didn’t.
No forest carries a sign for the seeds that never made it.
That is history.
Life is what has come alive.
And then, something more personal.
When we come into this world, we are given seeds.
Not one seed, but many.
There is a seed of anger.
There is a seed of kindness.
A seed of love.
A seed of understanding.
A seed of doubt.
A seed of confusion.
They are all there.
The question is not which seeds we were given, but which seeds we are planting, and which we are nurturing.
Because whatever grows in this garden of life ultimately determines the tree we sit under.
And we will sit under that tree.
If we nurture anger, we will sit in its shade.
If we nurture confusion, we will live within it.
If we nurture kindness, understanding, and love, then that is the shade we will know.
And how restful that place is depends entirely on what has taken root.
Not every seed will grow. That much is clear.
But something always does.
So the question becomes very simple, and very immediate:
What am I watering?
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