Monday, May 1, 2017

10 Seeds of Greatness

1. The seed of Self-Esteem (Appreciate the value of yourself. =)
    "From self-love to self-worth." 
This seed is trying to tell us that you need to be able to love yourself first. You need to appreciate yourself and all the things you do. Think highly of highly of yourself ad think positive things. You need to show people that you love yourself. You need to be able to appreciate your uniqueness because not everyone is good at something. Maybe you could be the only one able to do a certain thing so you need to be appreciative of it. It's good to feel different at times and it doesn't make you weird or anything bad. Accept yourself, even if you have flaws because no one is perfect. Have the power to be able to overcome any obstacles that come your way. Don't complain about your problem, but think of ways to overcome it or surpass it. get your values in check. Look at the values that you follow and go over them again and again.

2. The seed of creativity
"Release your creative energy." 
The seed of creativity is important because this is where you mostly get all of your ideas from. Creativity is having the ability to have imagination and come up with original ideas. Creativity is also important because you can brainstorm ideas that can help you or others out. Many inventions were created because people were using their creativity. Creativity can help you find the solution to a problem that you may have. To be more creative you can challenge yourself by doing different exercises. You can write down whatever you are feeling, doodle on paper, or just think out loud to yourself. You can also listen to music or just sit quietly and think for yourself.

3. The Seed of Responsibility
"Whatever we sow, we reap."


4. The Seed of Wisdom 
"A large vocabulary-which implies broad, general knowledge-characterizes the more successful persons, regardless of their occupations." 
The seed of wisdom is the seed of knowledge. It's gaining knowledge through experiences and of learning something. There can be various ways of gaining knowledge. For example you can try new things that you are not accustomed to or really know about. Getting out of your comfort zone can help you gain knowledge. Try talking to new people and going out in the world. Meeting new people can help you understand different customs or beliefs that they believe in. Try having an open mind when you learn new things or when doing things in general.
     
5. The Seed of Purpose 
"The gold mone in your goals."
The seed of purpose is knowing why you are doing something or why you did soemthing
. At times it's going to be the meaning behind it. The seed of purpose is important because you need to have a goal or reason why you want to achieve something. If you don't really have a purpose than achiving something isn't going to be the same or you won't achieve it at all. the purpose is the thing that drives you to do something. Usually if some people don't have a purpose than they become depressed or lost. Many things can be a purpose for you. For example you can do it for yourself, your family, friends, or you just want to try soemthing new.




6. The Seed of Communication 
"Reach out and touch someone"
What this seed id trying to
tell us is that we need to use our voices to be heard. Communication is important because that is how we share out our ideas with others. Communication can also be writing letters or passing notes with others. This is important because it helps us interact with other people. It is important to meet other people because they can help us expand our horizons. We get to meet new people which helps us make new friends. Meeting new people can also help introduce new traditions and customs that we are not used to. By communicating we can also exchange information with people or talk about things we have in common. Staying quiet can be very lonesome and boring if you have no one to talk to.    

7. The Seed of Faith
"The Power of positive believing."
The seed of faith is the ability to have the trust in others or in something. It is having the confidence in yourself and others as well. Faith is what gives people hope and the power to keep on going forward. Faith plays an important role in our lives because it ties in with hope and without these 2 things then our lives wouldn't be the same. You can also give yourself faith in the hope it will give you progress. By believing in yourself and put your mind on it you can accomplish anything. Show faith to people around and then they to can have faith if they didn't have it. Show others that you have faith and how to use their faith for good things.


9. The Seed of Perseverance 
"The will to win everything."
This seed is important because it's what makes us keep on pushing ahead. It's what drives to overcome all the odds and the obstacles. Even if it hard or it looks impossibles we try anyways so that we won't have regrets later on. There are times where people will be against you and your ideas and you need to stand tall and defend them. You need to have confidence in yourself  and your ideas in order to keep moving forward. Don't listen to people when all they are doing is trying to bring you down instead of motivating you. You will see of your true friends are and see who stick by you and want you to do better. Always push forward and never look back because then you will stay in place and not move.    

 10.  The Seed of Perspective 
"Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude."
This seed is important because it gives us a better understanding of what some people think. We see things through a different point of view and we have a different attitude towards it. We are open-minded when it comes to trying new things. We cannot judge things right away by the way they look, smell, or act. We will need to try new things more than once to say if we don;t like it or not. In order to gain more perspective we need stop think and think about what we are about to say. We need to think of the consequences and the outcomes of our actions. You need to stop comparing yourself to others. Talk to others and see what their are look before judging them. Focus on the things you can do
at the moment and worry about other things later.

Final Reflection:
These 10 seeds will help me later on in life by being my goals or examples in what to achieve. They will be my standards and what i need to do in order to live a good life. If i ever get lost I will use this as a reminder of what I have to do in order to get back on track. This seeds will help me grow as an individual and improve my skills. Also develop new skills that will help me out in the future.