We spend so much time feeling like we don’t have enough. Not enough money, not enough time, not enough skill. We think we need a "big" seed to grow a "big" result.
Planting a mustard seed is an act of faith in small beginnings. It is proof that you do not need a massive budget or a green thumb to create abundance. You just need to start. Go to the spice aisle of your grocery store. Buy the $2 jar of whole yellow mustard seeds. (Yes, the same ones you use for hot dogs. They aren't treated; they will grow.) planting a mustard seed
We’ve all heard the proverbial saying about "faith the size of a mustard seed" moving mountains. But as a gardener, I’m less interested in the metaphor and more interested in the miracle. You can read that quote in a book a hundred times, but you won’t understand it until you drop one of those specks into a pot of dirt and watch what happens next. We spend so much time feeling like we don’t have enough
But the mustard seed doesn't try to be an oak tree. It just grows. It takes the tiny amount of resources it has—a thimble of water, a crack of sunlight—and it explodes with life anyway. Planting a mustard seed is an act of
In three days, you will see a tiny green hook emerge from the soil. And I promise you, when you see that tiny hook splitting that tiny seed, you will feel like you could move a mountain.
Take ten of them. Put them in a pot. Water them.