Imitate the Tree in the Garden

Your goals cannot exist in isolation

Alone, we can do so little; together, we can do so much.

– Helen Keller

Dear Reader,

It is a new month, and it is my hope that this freshness will spring you into action and help you cumulate the energy you need to smash your goals this month.

In the past few weeks, we have been learning how to develop the discipline to smash the goals that we resurrected during Easter. The only reason why we let those goals die is because we don't have the discipline required to see them through, and what we need is to build discipline to become all that we know we are meant to be.

In the previous newsletters, we have looked at various ways to build discipline and how to do it. The first skill necessary for discipline is the ability to say no, which was then accompanied by the ability to make things plain. If you missed the last newsletters, you can find them under this one.

Today, we establish one more trick that will help us develop the discipline to follow through our goals, and the trick is to Imitate the Tree in the Garden.

It will make sense shortly.

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You know how growing up, we quickly found that when we are going on foot to somewhere distant and we go with people, we arrive at our destination a lot faster and quicker than when we are going alone, not because the distance magically shrinked, but because the people who we are going in the same direction with made it easier.

It's not even about the conversations we'll have with them or anything, there's just something in the sense of being together with people who have the same goals and are going on the same path as you that makes discipline and achieving that goal a lot easier.

There's something about a sense of community that will help you achieve your goals. It will give you fuel to push more, and when you want to give up, you'll see people cheering you on, even holding your hands, and walking along till you all make it together.

You get the idea now, don't you? The probability of a tree flourishing in a garden with other trees and flowers and people caring for it is a lot higher than the one for a tree that exists in isolation without care, in a dessert, with zero chances of ever encountering a human, another tree, or even water to grow its root.

What am I saying here in essence? While you tell people no, while you make your goals plain, you cannot exist in isolation, you should not exist outside of a garden of care. If you do, your goals will not flourish. They will wither away before they even rise above the ground.

Your goals cannot exist in isolation, they should not exist outside of a garden of care. If they do, they will not flourish. They will wither away even before they rise above ground.

This is another key to discipline. Imitating the tree in the garden. We can even do a lot better than the tree in the garden as we are not condemned to staying in one place.

You want to achieve a goal? Your chances of achieving that goal will be better if you have the right people striving to achieve the same goals as you. You want to grow the discipline to achieve goals? You will have better chances when you are around people achieving certain goals with their lives as well.

You will flourish if you are with your own kind, just as much as you will wither away if you are always with people who are the exact opposite of you.

If you are hoping to achieve a goal, but you don't have at the very least, one person who is hoping to achieve that goal too, then you're a big joker. Harsh, I know. I'm being very harsh on myself too right now.

If you are making your goals plain, but your best friends are people who don't even know what their goals are, talkless of making it plain, you will soon begin to be like them, and you will be wondering why your goals are failing. It's not rocket science!! They are failing because they have no help!

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You want to smash your goals and build discipline in doing them? Then you need to find your own garden. Surround yourself with people who share the same mind as you, who want to achieve the same things as you, who are passionate about growth, goals, and the discipline to achieve them as you! That's how to become a flourishing tree!

You want to finish a book? It's easier when you're reading it with a friend or group of friends! That's why we found a book club.

You are seeking for a scholarship, you cannot do it in isolation. There is a world of good having friends who are applying for scholarships too will bring you.

You are trying to stay away from a habit? Meet people who have been there and done that. Be with people who are doing the same things. Oh, yes, those AA meetings are now making sense, aren't they?

There are so many things that being a tree in a garden will do for you. You'll get a lot of help, you will find accountability partners, you will get more information than you ever would have if you were alone, you'll achieve faster!

Remember what the bible says, for those who read it? One person will chase 1,000, and two will chase 10,000.

Alone, you can read 1 book in a year, but in a community, you have the opportunity to read ten books, and you'll do it through different eyes and perspectives too. Imagine reading 10 books through the eyes of 10 different people. It is equal to reading 100 books as opposed to the 1 book you'd have read.

Alone, there's a possibility of gaining 10% information, but with different people, that percentage increases and even spikes!

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In my coming Growth With Handzinspired Podcast, I'll be discussing all the benefits being a tree in the garden will bring you, but right now, know this one thing; best be a tree in a garden, than a tree in a desert.

I hope this spurs you to start finding the garden that will help nurture your goals into success this week, and every other day after.

To your growth,

Abiola Okunsanya,

Handzinspired. ✨