Seeds can really make you tall

A resplendent spring along with a chirpy background is a potent combination for self-discovery. Leaves were breaking through branches, adding life and character to the emerging spring... Life broke through the tiny mounds on the branches and continued to express itself in the blossoming flowers, in the ducks splattering in water, in the cardinals adding music, in sparrows doing their air-shows - it was a wondeful day to enjoy life as is.. After months of spending life indoors, Sehar was loving her new found freedom. It was as if everything around her was talking to her and expressing itself through her when she asked THE QUESTION - "Mumma, why are trees so tall and we are so small?"

 

"They are tall because nature made them that way", I smiled. So much for being at the realm of self-discovery.

 

"No Mumma, trees are tall because they are made of seeds. Seeds can really really really make you tall. We are not made of seeds, so we are not tall." Sehar refuted my claims as she answered.

 

Yes, I was at a realm of self discovery for, for once I agreed partly with what she said. We are also made of seeds, albeit a different kind. We are made of seeds of love, of hate, of joy and seeds of sorrow. Some seeds grow taller to make us wonderful beings while others consume us to define our self. Much like nature, we feed them and while some grow up to make tall beautiful trees, some become large as egos crushing our entities. Some are happy trees and some become plagued with sorrow and wilt with time. 

The day was drawing to a close and I felt as if a shadow touched me. I looked up and there it was standing tall, a strong character. I hugged Sehar and told her how much I loved her. She kissed back, the shadow moved as if in approval. The seeds of love blooming and growing.

 

Now every time I plant a seed, I choose it with care for seeds can really really really make you tall............