The Laws of Life: Part Four

In the previous sessions we covered steps one, two, three and four and they are as follows:

1. You MUST first plant the seed.
2. You MUST plant the seed in a place that will allow it to grow.
3. You MUST provide the seed with water and sunlight.
4. You MUST remove the weeds and other things that will kill the young tree as it as growing.

Now let’s jump right into the final step;

1. You WILL receive a harvest and that harvest will be ‘of’ that seed.

As I said previously EVERYTHING is a seed.  For example, if you plant an apple seed and you plant it in good soil and you water it and remove anything that can harm it you will eventually get a tree.  What type of fruit will be on that tree?  The fruit will be apples of course.  You cannot plant a peach seed and get apples.  Apples come from apple trees which come from apple seeds.  If you plant a seed of customer appreciation in your event planning business then you will get appreciative customers.  If you plant a seed of money… you WILL get money.  If you follow the rules then you will get what you give.  By the same token if you plant a seed of negativity and you nurture that seed you WILL get a harvest and that harvest, that fruit from that tree will be MORE negativity.  If you plant a seed of hate then you will get hate.  If you plant a seed of discord then you will get discord.

This is why it is VITALLY important to plant good seeds, in fertile ground.

I’ve seen so many people in their lives have trouble with their families and they wonder why, but every word from their mouths is one of anger or bitterness or disappointment and from planting these seeds they can only get harvests of anger, bitterness and disappointment.  The law works.  For good and for bad, the law works.

I know that some of you are saying, “This is too easy, all I have to do is give good things and good things will come back to me?”  The answer is a resounding YES.  This is how the world works.  There is really nothing at all you can do about it.  The best course of action is to use your knowledge of this law to your advantage.

Throughout this blog I will be giving you examples of situations based on this Immutable Law but for now I’d like to challenge you to think for a moment.  Think of everything in your life, good or bad, positive or negative, and determine the seed that it came from.  The answers might surprise you.

Rule Number One: You cannot receive without first giving (or you cannot harvest without first planting)

1. You MUST first plant the seed.
2. You MUST plant the seed in a place that will allow it to grow.
3. You MUST provide the seed with water and sunlight.
4. You MUST remove the weeds and other things that will kill the young tree as it as growing.
5. You WILL receive a harvest and that harvest will be ‘of’ that seed.

If you miss ANY of these steps you will NOT receive.

Sekou K. McHenry is co-founder and CEO of DIRM, LLC, a motivational coach and speaker.  A native of Louisiana, Sekou understands first hand the importance of continuously uplifting the human spirit in all aspects of life.  He is also an IT guru with over 15 years of experience having worked with numerous IT companies including his own -www.eclectic-solutions.com.  Contact Sekou at smchenry@dirmcorp.com.