A seed...
It lay right there by a pond nestled close to a smooth rock.
The sun shone on it.
The clouds poured water.
The earth held it close to her bosom.
It looked so vulnerable. Would it be scorched, drowned, buried, eaten
by worms ,or crushed by a hoof?
Would it take root?
Soon a sapling popped out. its green face smiling at the sun
Deeper and deeper , wider and wider went the roots
As higher and higher it grew
Season after season protected by the Lord's will,
Fenced in by the friendly trees.
The roots went deeper everyday nourishing its core
The trunk broadened stouter and stouter
Strong within the tree stretched out its woody arms to call everyone
A gracious host offering its fruits to all to come
Birds nested in its arms
Squirrels, monkey and many more made it their home
Heat or cold ,rain or storm
the tree became a shelter for everyone
Who put the potential in a tender little seed to become a mighty
shelter giving tree?
How can a tree hide inside a seed?
It lay right there by a pond nestled close to a smooth rock.
The sun shone on it.
The clouds poured water.
The earth held it close to her bosom.
It looked so vulnerable. Would it be scorched, drowned, buried, eaten
by worms ,or crushed by a hoof?
Would it take root?
Soon a sapling popped out. its green face smiling at the sun
Deeper and deeper , wider and wider went the roots
As higher and higher it grew
Season after season protected by the Lord's will,
Fenced in by the friendly trees.
The roots went deeper everyday nourishing its core
The trunk broadened stouter and stouter
Strong within the tree stretched out its woody arms to call everyone
A gracious host offering its fruits to all to come
Birds nested in its arms
Squirrels, monkey and many more made it their home
Heat or cold ,rain or storm
the tree became a shelter for everyone
Who put the potential in a tender little seed to become a mighty
shelter giving tree?
How can a tree hide inside a seed?
Children are like seeds planted in the garden called school
Our children will grow in the 21St century
Live in a world of even faster change and complexity
Yet , it will Still be a world where kindness ,honesty
respect for others ,co-operation, loving relationships.
The personal ,social and above all the spiritual values
will be at the heart of true happiness
The school is the child’s nurturing ground, his learning
environment, where the tender seed will grow
If the child is grounded deeply in spiritual values...
an awareness of who am i ? who is god?
what is my relationship with god? What is my relationship
with everyone and everything around me?
Heart nourished with this rich spiritual understanding,
the seed grows on to become a tree an induvial with
personal values the manifest in his being as love and respect for all things, man and nature
That nourishment that he continues to draw.
Spiritual values take shape in the form of offerings of fruits
to god and mankind.
Our children will grow in the 21St century
Live in a world of even faster change and complexity
Yet , it will Still be a world where kindness ,honesty
respect for others ,co-operation, loving relationships.
The personal ,social and above all the spiritual values
will be at the heart of true happiness
The school is the child’s nurturing ground, his learning
environment, where the tender seed will grow
If the child is grounded deeply in spiritual values...
an awareness of who am i ? who is god?
what is my relationship with god? What is my relationship
with everyone and everything around me?
Heart nourished with this rich spiritual understanding,
the seed grows on to become a tree an induvial with
personal values the manifest in his being as love and respect for all things, man and nature
That nourishment that he continues to draw.
Spiritual values take shape in the form of offerings of fruits
to god and mankind.
