The Seed
Our daily work or life, sometimes fall into confusion. When the heart is empty, it will think, what is the meaning of life?
A young man named Josh, after five years at work, suddenly felt he had lost his way. The well-meaning boss gave him half a month's paid leave. Then, in the maze of corn fields, he meets a wise old farmer to guide him.
The old man gave Josh a seed, and when he planted this seed, he would find his purpose in life. After several twists and turns, he made up his mind to plant this seed. After five years, he actually rose from a small white to an industry leader, and finally found the meaning of his life.
On Thanksgiving, he went to visit the benefactor who farmed the land, but when he arrived at the farm, he found that the farmer had been dead for ten years.
Almost dreamy, what the hell is going on? The answer lies in the book Seeds: Out of Confusion and Find meaning in life (hereinafter referred to as seeds).
Josh is the protagonist of the book Seeds.
The author of this book is Jon Gordon of the United States. He is both an entrepreneur, a master speaker and a best-selling author. His best-selling books such as "Intimacy" and "The Rule of No Complaint" are loved by millions of readers around the world.
The book "Seeds" tells the method of finding the meaning of life in the form of an allegory, and the story is vivid and interesting, inspiring innovation vitality. The four stages that help people find meaning in life. Farmers plant seeds to help others realize the meaning of their lives.
Let's follow Josh along, take his seed with you, and accompany him on his sowing journey.
1. Reminiscing about the past is futile
Following the farmer's instructions, Josh took the seeds and looked for a place to plant them. He looked for signs of life, and first thought of going home, to be a pastor like his father, and he was not willing. The mother knew his confusion, did not say much, and gave him the warmest hug.
With no place to plant at home, he remembered his wonderful time in college with his girlfriend and remembered his favorite music professor. So he went back to the university campus, the campus has become a lot of people, the former meadow has become a tall building, and the former girlfriend has returned to her hometown.
His music teacher remains the same, but the lessons he teaches are getting older. The teacher told him that the university is the place where children transform into adults, and everyone learns knowledge in the university, accumulates energy, and then plays the music of their own lives. He heard the professor's voice and knew that the university was not a place to plant seeds.
2. Chance encounters can sometimes change a lifetime
On a college campus, he meets Solomon, a young student in a car accident who is walking in a wheelchair, and sees him worshipping roosevelt, the wheelchair-bound leader. Solomon told Josh that his legs might be weak, but his personality and will were strong.
This opened up Josh, taught Josh to think from another higher perspective, and filled his heart with positive energy.
After coming out of the university campus, he remembered the restaurant where he worked part-time as a waiter, met the waiter who was enthusiastic, and he deeply felt the enthusiasm and dedication of the waiter. He understood the importance of happiness to work, and that no place in the past was suitable for planting the seed.
Seeing that the holiday was coming to an end, Josh sat on the return plane, he had the privilege of meeting a positive George, George told Josh to devote himself to work, strive to be the best, do not be discouraged when encountered, it will get better and better, he is fifty years old, and he can also go from marketing manager to regional director.
George's experience taught Josh that happiness is a state of mind and a choice, and that our happiness does not come from what job we do, but from how we feel about it. Strive to turn fantasies into reality.
Josh finally understood, and he turned around to follow his heart's choice to return to where he was working. We should plant seeds where we are now working, with a love of learning, growth, and service, and devote ourselves to our work.
3. Cherish the present moment and sow the seeds of love
Half a month of vacation soon arrived, and Josh resolutely returned to the company. It was then that the farmer told him that once you decided to plant the seed where you were, you would find yourself the seed.
The farmer tells Josh that there are four stages in life, namely preparation, planting, growing, and harvesting.
The first stage is preparation. Includes a person's birth, family, disadvantages and strengths, talents, enthusiasm, place of birth, experiences, challenges, life lessons. This is the preparation before planting seeds, and when a person decides where to plant seeds, this stage is over.
The second stage is planting. This is his mission in life, and at this moment he must give up his dreams and desires, and after the seed dies, the new shoots break through the ground.
The third stage is growth. The seeds give life to the plant and begin to take root and grow. But it will experience wind and rain, face challenges, and strengthen our faith and overcome difficulties in order to thrive.
The fourth stage is harvesting. All year round, spring planting and autumn harvest, ordinary seeds will be very regular. And the seeds planted in people's hearts have their own unique characteristics. Because everyone's planting time is different, after going through preparation, planting, and growing, everyone's harvest period is definitely different.
Simply put, when someone else harvests in autumn, you may be hiding in winter. Once you know the meaning of your life, you can inspire inner strength and ignite all your creativity.
It was with this seed of love that Josh became an industry leader in the business world five years later. For this, he thanked the farmer.
The seeds that Josh planted are the fruits planted by the farmers. The fruit of each person's life is the seed of other people's lives, which is the seed of love, which will continue to spread and continue, affecting those around them, affecting future generations, and affecting the whole world.
May everyone no longer be confused, sow their own seeds as soon as possible, bear fruitful fruits, let their harvest become the seeds of others, and let the seeds of love exert their strength.
In the journey of life, when you are still wandering or even confused, you may wish to read "Seeds: Get out of confusion and find the meaning of life", there will be a feeling of epiphany, the beautiful life you are looking for, is next to you.