In life, there is one principle that controls every other thing, and that is "sowing and reaping." This goes beyond farming per se, but touches other aspects of life. For example in academics, if you want to get good grades, then you have to sow (invest) your time and study extensively to achieve that. The result that anyone gets is a direct effect of what they had put in. That is, your input in life is what will deliver to you the output. If you want a good result, then it is of obvious necessity that you give a good input in life.
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One of the things that I have understood about life is that, it does not matter how long it take, each person shall ultimately get the reward for what they have put into life. If you put positivity into life, then the result you are expected to get out of life should not be short of positive. Before you complain about why things are happening the way they are, first ask yourself what you have put into life. Your output is at the mercies of your input. For you to achieve something in life, there are obvious responsibilities that you need to understand in order to achieve it. If you have not satisfied the required price, then do not expect to get the prize.
If a farmer wants to harvest a particular fruit in his farm, he will not wish for it to happen, rather he will consciously sow the seeds that will make it to happen. A lot of what people wish for can be easily gotten by just working and putting in the right actions. However, why many people tend to be discouraged about putting in the right action is because they want to reap the fruits of their labour instantly. Well, just like when seeds are planted, there will be time for it to germinate and grow, then before it starts to produce fruits. In the same way, your actions may not yield the results immediately, but it should not stop you from still putting in the right actions. Just have patience. In the not-so-distant future, the results will come.
In business for example, the day you start your investment may not be the same day you will start to get the profits, but it does not mean that you should stop investing towards the business. Most times, the bigger the anticipated returns, the bigger you will need to invest. Even in farming, when you plant a cocoa tree, it will take years of nurturing to start yielding fruits, but a corn plant would have yielded way before that. So also in other things of life, all actions will not produce results at the same time; some may be quick and the others may take a while, but it does not take out the fact that every action has complementary effects and result. If you will not want to reap a particular fruit, then it is unwise to plant the seed in the first place.
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If you understand that actions have consequences, you will be mindful of what you do per time. The truth is that what you do today is what will shape your tomorrow. This is the same way your today is a creature of your yesterday's actions. You may not be able to undo or edit the past actions or inactions, and of course their results will come (if they are not already coming), but the good thing is that you can take some worthwhile actions today that can set your tomorrow aright. You have to understand that there is no time that is too late to start something good. This reminds me of the adage that one of my friends normally says:
Anytime you wake up in the day will become your morning.
What this simply means is that each time you decide to start putting the right actions into something, it will mark a new beginning for you. When someone is enroute in a wrong direction, no matter how far they have gone there, it will still be wrong. But when they take a reverse and focus on the right road, then it will be a new beginning for them. So in life, it is only a right action that can guarantee a right result.
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