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Good Things Take Time

We live in a world where everything happens instantly. You can order food and have it at your door in 30 minutes. You can message someone across the world and get a reply in seconds. You can search for any answer and find it immediately. But some things in life don't work that way. The truth is, we're so used to instant results that we forget how real growth actually works. We forget that most meaningful things take time. Seeds don't become trees overnight. Skills aren't mastered in a day. Dreams don't come true the moment you wish for them. Some moments in life test us not by action, but by waiting. When we have done our part—studied, worked, and hoped—the only thing left is patience. And though waiting feels powerless, it is often the moment when the most important growth is happening beneath the surface. Today, I want to share a simple story about two farmers that changed how I think about waiting. The Story The first farmer plants his seeds and immediately start...

A Pit of Panic

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Hey everybody, how are y'all doing today? I want to share a story that takes on some challenging themes, as you read along see if you can identify such themes before we get into the moral.  In a lush forest, there was a fox named Willy who was always up to something. Willy thought he was a pretty smart fox. One day, while thinking about his next mischievous prank, he lost footing and fell into a deep well.  He tried everything he could think of to climb out, but no matter how hard he tried, he just couldn’t make it out. As he sat at the bottom of the well, Willy heard the sound of a group of animals passing by above. There was an elephant, a lion, a deer, and a few snakes nearby. Willy called out to them for help, but none of them wanted to get too close, fearing they might fall in too. They started to move along the path and Willy started getting scared.  But Willy wasn’t about to give up. Being the clever fox he was, he quickly came up with a pl...