every tall tree first had to…

𝐖𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐭.

Lɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ʙɪᴛs ᴀɴᴅ ᴘɪᴇᴄᴇs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴀɴ ɪɴᴛᴇɢʀᴀʟ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴏғ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʜᴏʟᴅs ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴏᴏᴛs ᴏғ ᴡʜᴏ ᴡᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ɪɴ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ.

What we have to remember is that the dirt can either 1.) nourish us or 2.) make us a muddy mess depending on how we approach it.

Sᴏᴍᴇᴛɪᴍᴇs ᴛʜᴇ ᴅɪʀᴛ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇᴅ ᴀᴛ ᴏᴜʀ ʀᴏᴏᴛs ᴡᴀs ɢᴇɴᴇʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟʟʏ ᴅʏsғᴜɴᴄᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ. 𝐵𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑦𝑐𝑙𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑛.

Sᴏᴍᴇᴛɪᴍᴇs ᴛʜᴇ ᴅɪʀᴛ ᴡᴀs ʙʏ ᴏᴜʀ ᴏᴡɴ ʙᴀᴅ ᴄʜᴏɪᴄᴇs. 𝐵𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠.

Sᴏᴍᴇᴛɪᴍᴇs ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴅɪʀᴛ ᴡᴀs ᴀ ɴᴏᴜʀɪsʜɪɴɢ ᴍᴀɴɴᴀ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴀ ʟᴏᴠᴇᴅ ᴏɴᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀs ᴘᴀssᴇᴅ. 𝐵𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠.

𝐖𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐰𝐞’𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡. 𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐰𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰.

ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ, ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ᴛᴀʟʟ ᴛʀᴇᴇ ʜᴀᴅ ᴛᴏ ғɪʀsᴛ ɢʀᴏᴡ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ sᴏᴍᴇ ᴅɪʀᴛ.