What can the Chinese Bamboo Teach You?


What can the Chinese Bamboo Teach You?

“People often say that motivation doesn’t last.  Well neither does bathing that’s why we recommend it daily!”
Zig Ziglar.

Chinese BambooEvery time someone says to me that the Law of Attraction, Affirmations and Visualizations don’t work, I think of the story of the Chinese Bamboo.

You see the Chinese Bamboo doesn’t even pop its head above ground for the first four years of its life.  Just like any seed it needs constant care and attention.  It needs to be watered regularly and it needs fertile ground.

So let’s say you get your new Chinese Bamboo seed, you plant in fertile ground just like you were told to and you water it.  You do this every day for two months and nothing, nada, zip, not even a tiny green shoot.  If you didn’t know better at this stage, you’d think it was dead.  You would think that the constant care that you had given it over the course of the first two months was in vain, and that it had died besides your best efforts of caring for it.

Well if you gave up at this stage, it would die.  This plant would be unable to survive without the regular watering and fertile ground.  However, if you just kept going, caring for it, watering it and fertilizing it, in its fifth year of life all of the fruits of your hard labor would come to fruition.  In its fifth year of life the Chinese Bamboo not only pops it head above ground it grows at a rate of up to 39inches in 24 hours and can reach a height of 90 feet!!!!   So all the 5 years of your care and attention had prepared it for the fantastic growth it experiences in its fifth year of life.

Well I believe, that your Affirmations and Visualizations are no different.  If you have a dream, you need to care for it daily with Affirmations and Visualizations.  This daily ritual will help to keep you focused toward your dream/goal, and also put you in the right frame of mind to notice opportunities and to take any necessary actions that may be required for you to achieve it.  Remember, to notice the results that your actions produce, and use these to guide you in the direction of your Dream.

Just like the Chinese Bamboo, keep nurturing your Dream, keep going until you succeed!  Keep Your Dream alive, keep it safe, and never ever give up!

To your success,
Roma Catherine

P.S.

Here are some other late bloomers that achieved tremendous success because they kept going;

Henry Ford, had 5 failed businesses before he founded the Ford Motor Car Company and became a success.  He just kept going until he achieved.

Soichiro Honda, had many failed attempts in business, before he started making scooters at his home, which lead him to make the Honda Motor Cycles he became so famous for.

Bill Gates, dropped out of Harvard, and his first business with Paul Allen called Traf-O-Data failed.  However, this didn’t stop him he went on to create the massively successful Microsoft.

Colonel Sanders, began the Kentucky Fried Chicken Franchise when he was 65 and it is reported that he received 1,009 rejections from different restaurants, yes that is 1,009 and “No’s” before he got his first yes!  But just look at how successful he became.

The truth is there are hundreds of stories, similar to the Great Men listed above. Please feel free to comment, and share any of your stories of how you achieved your goals, I would love to hear how you did it.

Roma Catherine

Roma Catherine

My name is Roma Catherine Bourke, I am a Chiropractor and a blogger with a passion for sharing positive stories about the Law of Attraction and Personal Development. I live with my Family, Horses and Dogs on a small farm in the Southern Ireland.

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