Roots

I attended a tea last night. I got all dressed up for it. I wore a dress, the amethyst necklace Sharon made me, and a bracelet Ellen gave me. We ate carrot cake and cheesecake at the tea and listened to poetry and a speaker. The speaker talked about a story that was printed on the center piece on each table. The story is called Roots.

ROOTS

One day a man planted a bamboo seedling. He cared deeply for it. He watered it and made sure it had proper sunlight. After a year's time the plant had not grown at all. The man continued to care for the plant. After the second year the plant had still not grown. Nor had it grown after the third and fourth year. Still the man tended the plant. In the fifth year the plant began growing. In fact, it grew two and a half feet a day until in six weeks it was ninety feet tall.

Though no growth was visible for five years, the plant's foundation was being established and strengthened. The point for us is, each act of kindness builds a foundation of kindness and compassion that affects the whole world. Keep up those random acts of kindness!

I thought this was a good story so I thought I would share. The carrot cake and strawberry cheesecake were good too.