Most of us have heard or read the story, “The Little Engine
that Could.” I want to share a story
about “I think-I-can” plants.
My husband and I walk five days a week for exercise in our
local mall. It is a small mall, single
story, ½ mile around the entire inside.
It is nice looking, with many large potted plants, mostly some type of
palm. A few months ago, we noticed they
had added a few plants, more palms. The
new ones, however, had no leaves. They
were simply trunks with thick, tough, rather unattractive bark. We thought it was rather odd.
As weeks went by, we began to notice little bumps in the
bark. As time went on, we saw tiny
little leaves that had pushed themselves through the bark. We were fascinated, because they were very
delicate leaves and the bark was really thick.
More weeks passed, and a couple of the palms had actually
grown into plants with many leaves. We
grew to like these plants, but we noticed that the two nearest the door were
not growing well. In fact, the tiny
leaves that were there one day were gone the next. This particular door is in an alcove and is
the least used door. We began to suspect
that someone was breaking off these tiny leaves.
We have now reached the point where we are cheering for the
two plants with no leaves. Then, lo and
behold, earlier this week there were bumps in the bark and today, a tiny bit of
green is showing on each of the bumps.
Those plants refuse to give up.
No matter how many times someone tries to stop those leaves from growing
out, those plants keep on sprouting replacements.
I’ll bet you know where I’m going with this, don’t you? And, I’ll bet you are right!
Those tough, never-say-die palm plants are not
quitters. No matter what nature or man
throws at them, they keep coming back!
That bark is so thick, and it seems that someone does not want them to
succeed in growing their leaves.
However, those palms appear to be determined to grow no matter how long
it takes.
I won’t continue with this story since you all know the
moral by now. I will suggest to everyone
starting out with their home business, to simply follow the example of these
tough little plants.
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