Seeds, seeding, seed-thoughts, sinking down to that seed, working the soil that the seed might break open healthy . I find that I return to seed imagery again and again as I examine my personal and professional life. Seeds have always fascinated me and ever moreso once I began to learn some facts about their nature. For me, a most fascinating fact is that the essential elements of the mature tree or plant are contained within the seed from the start. Another is that, seeds carry within them many of the necessary nutrients they must consume for healthy growth. I find it amazing to know just how long many seeds can remain dormant (up to 2000 years!) waiting for conditions that are conducive to germination. The needed shift in conditions to move from dormancy to budding can be internal to the seed itself or germination might require that external environmental conditions change dramatically. What does this say about the focus of our work in the world today? What is here for us
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