What do you think about when you sit down to a meal?
Do you think about the versatile kale, the lettuce that is full of flavor, the radish that gives a bite and color or the bright burst of garlic from the garlic whistles?
Think now, back to how it all started, further than the box that it came in or the market stand you bought it from. Not just from the farm where it was harvested, or soil that nourished it as it grew. Think about that seed being planted by its farmer, small, delicate, but full of potential. Here is where the seed becomes more than just a plant. It becomes an idea, a way of life, innovation, community and much more. Much like seeds, we too are full of potential. We support our local farmers so that they can continue to provides us with healthy food. We go to the farmers markets that gathers the community in a place of common ground. There is where we see how so little can become so much. A small herd of goats give us cheese and milk, bees give us honey, flowers bring joy, conversations give way to thoughts of giving back and ideas become actions. We act on these ideas and make it possible for the hungry to eat at the food banks that receives donations from our farmers. We give knowledge to those who seek it by letting them visit the farms and even volunteer there. With that people become inspired to do what they can for a community that gave so much. They see the potential of how one small thing can become so much more and replicate it many times over.
Next time you sit down to your meal, look beyond what you are about to consume and think about the amazing things that just one small seed can do for so many.