THE NEW LIFE

Ever wondered why a farmer has to bury a healthy plant, all in a bid to get a good yield? 

What sanity is there to call something ‘precious’ when, in the real sense, it is looking unpresentable and unattractive?

You see, ‘precious' is first an inherent property before a surface value. That is what the goldsmith saw in that raw gold and went all out to refine it, bringing its intrinsic worth to the limelight. 
That is what the farmer saw when he refused to eat the fine tubers and grains. Instead, he planted them, and they decayed, bringing forth new life.

The stress they had to undergo didn't bother them much. The furnace blast and beating, the sweats, the tilling of the soil and weeding… every process that needed to be taken for gold to be, for new plants to be, is a source of encouragement to the goldsmith and the farmer.

So is life, dear one. Every pain you have to pass through in your pursuit of a better life, every time you fell while running to catch up with destiny, every tear that dropped from your eyes when it looked as though you wouldn't make it, every time people booed you for choosing a path and sticking to it, every of those moments were processes that would launch you to your days of laughter and celebration. 

So, I ask. Why give up? Why give up on those beautiful dreams of yours because they look like raw gold?

Let's take a visit to Mother Hen.
She doesn't just lay her eggs and run away. She broods over them—she protects the eggs, sits on it. Her warmth brings hope to the eggs. She is patient. She is not in a hurry to leave because she knows very well that there is new life underneath.

Your eggs are your visions and goals. Don't just lay them down and run away. Brood! Again, I say, brood! It may take some time but it is receiving warmth that will help it in the long run. 

To Mother Hen, twenty-one days is worth waiting for because joy is coming. To you, is your vision, I mean the process you're undergoing, worth waiting for?

If you do not learn anything from this piece, learn this one thing:
Preceding the new life are cracks, pains, labour, stress and so many inconveniences but the announcement of the new life comes with rejoicing.

✍The Expression Voice