Money Does Grow On Trees

“You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you.” Maya Angelou

Inspired by the above quote a talented writer/blogger called Lance uses a tree as a metaphor to describe our journey through life and passion for wealth building. He goes on to write…

“…Maybe, just maybe…money DOES grow on trees. Maybe a tree can provide us with some lessons, some insight into riches, and what that means to us.”

“These are challenging times we’re in today… In the ebb and flow of life, there are ups and there are downs. Let’s look at this in relation to the trees we have in our life, and see if we can’t understand it a little bit better.”

By way of metaphor Lance then goes onto explaining what life lessons we can learn from trees. Below I have included Lances first metaphor about seeds. You can see an overview other the other stages but please visit his site and read the full article…

The Trees In The Forest Of Our Life
Seeds:
Trees start out as seeds (or maybe sometimes from a nut). This seed is planted in the soil, is watered, and begins to grow. In nature, several seeds get planted naturally, and many grow, although not all of them do.
Seeds Life Lesson: Seeds. The ideas we have. The things we go about doing. That which we try. We might plant one, or we might plant several seeds. Some may grow, and some may not. Some things we do won’t continue to resonate with us, and we’ll move on. Others will. The bottom line in all of it, though, is this tree will never grow if we don’t at least plant the seed – if we don’t at least try this thing we’ve been thinking about.
Saplings:
We’ve planted our seed. And our tree is beginning to grow.
Roots: While above the surface, our tree is slowly getting bigger and stronger – under the surface it’s the roots that are really doing the growing.
Storms:
Life might not always be easy for our tree.
Growth:
The storms also bring rain. And followed with sunshine, and good soil, our trees will grow.
Majestic Tree:
We’ve went through the life cycle of our trees. Many have now grown to great heights. It hasn’t happened overnight.