Know to Grow

The little girl wanted to catch the sky. She kept on leaping and trying to grab as much sky as she could in her outstretched palm. However, neither did she get the sky in her grasp, nor did she stay close to it for long… however, when she fell down and the dust cleared, she noticed majestic trees that got closer and closer to the sky by taking their roots deeper and deeper into the earth.

The lesson was obvious. The deeper the roots, the taller one can be. It is said so well that the one who ‘knows’ is the one who ‘grows’! However, our ability, nay, our attitude, to learn reduces as we grow. Many of us do not bother about even ‘looking at’ information about our own careers leave alone other concerns. General knowledge is fast becoming a superfluous term. Education stops for many with the completion of their academic pursuits.

The roots of a tree are of two types: those that go deep in search of nutrition and those that spread across the breadth to hold the soil better. Both are necessary. We need depth of knowledge in our core interests and breadth of knowledge in everything else. Interestingly, as we grow taller and get closer to the sky, we stumble on that ultimate truth… that there is no sky! There is no limit to how tall we can grow; there is no limit for how deep our roots can go!

Let us be better at developing roots that dive deep and help transform a tiny seed into a tall tree. Our roots are in our environment, in our culture, in our people, in our world… in everything that concerns us. Our roots represent the multiple dimensions that create our personality. We must step outside our comfort zones and discover the real world and unearth our true potential by knowing our roots…

To BE BETTER at the way we grow...

Let’s empower our attitude to know!

- Pravin K. Sabnis