Bonsai or Mighty Oak?

Every 7 years, every cell in our body changes completely. Yet every 7 years, you always wake up YOU. Why?

According to Aristotle, it's because YOU is your "entelechy" - your original "you seed". Just as an oak seed is destined to always grow into an oak tree, you too have your internal seed... ensuring you will always grow into a YOU of some variety.

But depending on its environment, an oak seed can grow into a Mighty Oak or a Stunted Bonsai Oak.... so Aristotle warns: You might grow into a Mighty Human Being or a Bonsai Human Being depending on how you weather stormy circumstances in life. Actually, Aristotle believed that stormy events helps humans grow stronger, in the same way trees that endure the stormiest conditions are the ones with the strongest branches.

Aristotle says: Stormy times gives us the opportunity to grow in mighty human beings provided we FOCUS on the big picture rather than our difficulties. It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers aiming at a definite mark, we shall be more likely to attain what we want.

--- Today's gems are from Karen Salmansohn ---