When you plant a seed, there’s a period of germination. It happens below the surface. It happens where you cannot see.

And sometimes the seed grows. But sometimes it doesn’t.

Either way, you can’t keep digging up the soil to check the progress; you have to wait.

Likewise, when we sow seeds of kindness, generosity, and encouragement... we have to wait.

We can’t keep checking to see if our actions have had an effect. Sometimes things will take root. Sometimes not. Either way, it’s better to be patient and to tend to the soil… than it is to dig around looking for immediate results.