This morning, I watched a squirrel eating helicopter seeds off the ground.
Look, when your mind latches on to an analogy, and the world around you seems to be prompting you, just run with it.
The tree made the seeds to try and grow more trees. Instead, that tree was feeding a squirrel, so that squirrel had the energy to keep running around, being a squirrel.
When the helicopter seeds come raining down heavy, on a windy day, or in a storm, sometimes they can clog the gutter on a house. Maybe that causes the owner of the house to climb up on a ladder to clear the gutter, changing the shape of their day. Maybe they go to a home improvement store to buy some gutter guards, creating another project that takes some of their time (and moving money around in the economy).
The seeds aren’t fulfilling their intended purpose, but they’re not without purpose.
Pages might not make the finished draft of a story. Your script might not make the cut for the next round of the competition. Your tweet might get a lackluster number of Likes.
Only attaching value to an action if it gets the desired result diminishes your ability to see inherent value in the action itself. It diminishes your ability to see value in yourself.
Don’t get discouraged. Do the work. Clog the gutters.
This Builds Character 