A Seed's Potential

Source:One Tribe Apparel

Once tis seed you planted is tended for 

in it's early juvenile years of  gullible nature;

Thence shall it grow no longer needing you to watch it out for

transition into a tree to become one with nature;

and not get lost into the dark abyss pit of human nature.

When I look at my sister, I see in her a nature that is truly her.A becoming of who she is, not a sliver of pretence to make her look sweeter,or better in any way than she truly is.She is a storm of many things, an amalgamation of both good traits and bad. A flower still in it's initial stages of blooming; so many colours of her personality yet to be discovered as it slowly unfurls itself in synchronization with the tide of time.But you know when your harvest is going to be the best one yet, you feel it in your gut that never did lie to you and your hardwork that holds the evidence of your efforts. The smell of the adolescent bud already sweet enough to spread joy in your face and others too. 

Reaching far and wide

She is made of tough skin, already bearing the marks of a bark of a tree that has faded into brown from green. To handle every situation with a practical approach, undeterred with the onslaught of the storm of emotions that still blind my forlorn mother who drowns in the water of self-pity and blame everyday.In choosing my path of raising my sister without letting her go through the strife of my woes and her choosing to stay by me and trust me to take care and nurture her soul; we have found a middleground where we both now grow.

Standing Tall 

Unshakable

Unbreakable

Her leaves are a shade of green that make you feel light and comfortable with your heavy bag of insecurities as you meet her at the first glance. As you get closer you will realize she is effortlessly cool to be around and will never make you feel left out. Like every leaf, she is a breath of fresh air, lighthearted and humorous laughter. The branches of her mind bending in the direction of light that gives meaning to her life, all things art. A curiosity that guides her to ask burning questions as bright as the rays of the sun. It's an amazing process, half of the growth is dependent on the people that surround her to feed her with words that nourish her and the sunlight of knowledge sought through teachers, me and various other sources of the internet to make something of her own. Her own fruits dangling from her branches of her artworks to the mindset and her strong conscience that direct her growth upwards.

Navigating

Clever

Flexible

Acknowledging

Her mindset is cocooned in the strongest of her steel will, penetrating deep inside the soil where every pore of her thoughts are pure and true to herself. It was imitated by observation of my eight years ahead of her when she was just a seed, how strongly I anchored myself to my true nature and nothing else. Endless stretching and burying deep within. It is a constant process of us checking in with our thoughts, if there are any rots; could there be a possibility of an infection. What are the vile things of this world that will make our roots weak and loose our strong footing to this ground; how can we avoid it. To have the knowledge that without our roots, there wouldn't be a bud flowering, instead we would be nothing. This was the hardest part of all, but it was learnt more by observing and imitating rather than giving instructions of the do's and the dont's. Just how it works in nature.

 

Our unique natures one with nature.

Now I suddenly realize she is at a stage where all the preliminary tending has been done. The time to prune, to take care is slowly ebbing away to be replaced with the new flow of her phase where she is slowly rising towards finding out who she is truly;the realizing. Of potentials. Ready to face life's waves of uncertainty.Slowly, steadily getting there. The incessant need to guide her is now taking a backseat so that she can learn to drive on her own.I am enjoying the view on the sideseat, confident on the decisions she will make, the roads she will take. A trust felt in the most primal nature of my instinct,;an overwhelming sense of love felt within each cell that vibrates with pride because of the person sitting beside me.

Let's see where this road leads us.....

Discovering the Undiscovered.