The condition of the soil determines the productivity of the seed.

David Medina
2 min readJun 8, 2021

You are a seed that contains every possible possibility, the potentiality for your growth lies within who you are.

With this also comes our conditioning, training, and history that we bring with us.

And like with a tree, what makes the difference in whether a tree grows fully blooming, magnificent, providing a large shade is not the seed, but the conditions and the environment in which that tree grows.

And although from an ontological and existential perspective, your being, who you are, does not have to be defined or determined by circumstances, others, etc. In essence, from this perspective and conversation, our seed, the light of who you are can be fully expressed regardless of the condition of our circumstances.

In fact, true transformation is not an arrangement of our circumstances or resources but our capacity to bring ourselves forward regardless of any of this.

There are some value and truth in recognizing that on a more relative level, all these things do have an impact on how we blossom, in what gets revealed through us.

To become fertile ground, you must consciously prepare and design the conditions for it. Through habits, rituals, practices, the spaces we hung out, the people we connect with…

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David Medina

Existencial coach, lover of wisdom, yogi and writer.