There is a natural impulse, when you have planted something, to dig it up and check whether it is growing. You water the soil. You stare at the dirt. You poke around the edges. And if nothing visible has happened by Thursday, you assume it did not work and you start over.
But seeds do not work on your timeline. They work on theirs. Germination happens in the dark, beneath the surface, in a place you cannot see and cannot control. The growth that matters most in the early stages is invisible: roots spreading, foundations forming, networks of support developing underground.
You planted seeds this spring. In your rest practice. In your relationships. In your career. In your spiritual life. And now you are in the waiting season, which is the hardest season of all because it requires trust without evidence.
The farmer does not dig up the seeds to check if they are growing. The farmer trusts the process. Waters the soil. Protects the ground from weeds. And waits. The harvest always comes to those who ar byg e patient enough to let the underground work happen without interference.
What seeds are you waiting on right now? What did you plant earlier this year that has not yet broken through the soil? The fact that you cannot see growth does not mean growth is not happening. It means you are in the stage that matters most: the roots.
