My Little Tree — A ray of hope

Rohini
3 min readFeb 16, 2021

Planted this tree a few months back when it was half dead. I was not sure whether it would make it or not! I just wanted it to grow up so nicely and have too many flowers. I kept watering the plant daily and I would spend some time talking to it. It was kind of strange. But I started loving it. After few weeks, the plant almost died. All my hopes shattered. I couldn’t help it. It was so hard for me. Even after that, I went on watering the little tree for a week.

After few days, one morning I found the little one with tiny leaves. Suddenly, that made me so happy. Then She grew up. She gave some awesome little flowers. There was a time where there were all flowers in all those branches. It went on. Unexpectedly, one day the leaves started falling down one by one. Now, there are no leaves left in the tree. This time, I didn’t water the plant as soon as I saw the little tree started dying. I lost my hope. I thought it could never survive. Well, It did once! That may be a miracle! But this time, I was not sure. I haven’t watered the plant for 3 weeks straight. Yesterday I thought maybe I should water it once. I watered the plant yesterday not as much as I did a few weeks back.

But suddenly, today I found the little one having tiny leaves again! All of a sudden, something struck me! I was shocked. All the time I thought it was just a miracle. It was hope. It was the belief the tree had within itself! This little tree proved to me, It doesn’t matter how much time you fall down, you can always get up!

Like this, In life, you may fall down a thousand times, that doesn’t matter. What matters is that, whether you get up or not. Whether you believe in yourself or not. That’s all matters. It doesn’t matter whether others believe you or not. It’s you who have to believe yourself. Even I didn’t believe that my little tree would survive, but it did. You know what!? Having Hope is the most fooling thing. But do you know what’s even more foolish? Having no hope at all.

Update : After Almost 2 years

She grew up real fast!!! (with so many flowers)

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