ROOTS

Little Pedro kept jumping with his little fist stretched out to grab the sky, but in vain. Despite much valiant effort, neither the sky was in his grasp, nor did he stay close to it for long… but then he saw a majestic tree that too was aiming for the sky. He knew that the tree got closer and closer to the sky by taking its roots deeper and deeper into the earth.

The lesson was obvious. The deeper the root, the taller is the tree. We can learn from the roots that go deep into the soil and transform a tiny seed into a tall tree. Interestingly, roots are of two types… roots that go deeper in search of nutrition and others which move across the breadth to cover a larger area on the ground.

Knowledge requires two initiatives: depth of comprehension as well as wide understanding. We must reach out to our roots to the realities of our environment, our culture, our people and our world. The one who knows is the one who grows. But our ability, nay, our attitude, to learn reduces as we grow. Many of us do not even touch information about our own careers leave alone other concerns.

Our quest to reach out to success must translate into our roots diving deeper and deeper into the ocean of understanding concerns! Besides, it is pertinent to note that as you grow taller and get closer to the sky, you stumble on that ultimate truth: that there is no sky! There is no limit to how tall one can grow; there is no limit to how deep our roots can go!

To get closer to the sky laden with real fruits…

Let’s BE BETTER at reaching out to our roots!

- Pravin K. Sabnis