A tree stands tall and gives a lot of shade to the plants around it. It blocks the sun not allowing it to get heat, grow, or mature. It puts the surrounding plants in the dark. But it inly this for a short while. Soon the shadow of the tree moves there is warmth, there is growth. There is not a hate between the tree and the plant but instead some kind of respect and together the location can grow to be a beautful one with the tree and the plants growing and working together.

There are people who may not treat you like the tree. They will put you in tbe shade and keep you there. In the dark. Not growing. They will think the dark and the shade is where you belong, where you should be, and where should remain. They do not see your potential or want to keep you from actually reaching it.

You dont have to succumb to the darkness because someone put you there. Get determined, believe in yourslef even if you think it’s maybe a 1% chance of something happening. Keep that 1% of hope and you try your best to grow to reach to the sunlight. There still will be some of you still in the darkness but you know what…. the growing part is now on the other side and continues to grow, far away from the darkness.