Growth occurs naturally for a while, but then it takes a commitment on your part to continue. As a newborn baby enters the world with the shock of bright lights and loud noises, he has been growing for about nine months and will continue for about 20 more years. He will get taller, his feet will get bigger, his hair will get longer. This type of growth is the only growth that is automatic. The type of growth that is needed for success along your journey is the growth that you purposefully engage in. The growth of learning, the growth of experiential consequences, the growth of living and gaining wisdom. These are the things that give us the greatest benefit in growing.

 

Growth is something that we need to do on an ongoing basis, we cannot stop growing. Just like a plant in the garden, we are either growing, or we are dying, there really is not a lot of grey area there. Growth is something that we should be excited about, not something that makes the hair on the back of our neck stand up. As we grow, we mature, and as we mature, we gain wisdom, and with all of that we have the ability to help others to grow.

 

Think about some areas that you would like to grow in your abilities, not just in knowledge but also in experiences. Would you like to further your education, would you like to learn how to knit, how about skydiving? Take a few moments to ponder on these questions and right down your thoughts:

 

I would like to grow in:

 

 

 

 

 

Now think about how you can go about gaining this new growth experience, can you find a community education class, a friend that has experience in doing the same or similar thing, or finding a book that will guide you along the way.

 

Can you think of others that would benefit from your knowledge of a subject and be able to grow through spending time with you?

 

There is an old saying that, “Knowledge is power.” But I believe that knowledge is only powerful if it is shared with others. Einstein wouldn’t have been very notable if he never told anyone about his ideas. Knowledge is the fertilizer that sprouts the seeds of growth.