You Only Need Some Seeds to Grow

Most of my attempts fail, so why try?

Most seeds fail. Sow anyway — the ones that land pay for the whole field.

The sower in the parable scattered everywhere knowing most soil wouldn't cooperate. A 10% hit rate on invitations, applications, or ideas isn't failure; it's farming.

Use it when: Job hunting, sharing the gospel, creative work, inviting friends.

Backed by: Mark 4:8 — some seed "fell on good ground... and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred." The harvest never required every seed. Ecclesiastes 11:6 — "sow thy seed... for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that." Plant broadly; the harvest math isn't yours to predict. 2 Corinthians 9:6 — "he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully" — more seeds, not perfect ones, is the strategy.

What He’d say

My sower scattered everywhere, knowing most soil wouldn't cooperate — and the good ground paid thirty, sixty, a hundred times over. I never required every seed. Sow anyway.

(His words from the passage above, spoken to you.)

See also: Dating Is Sorting, Not Rejection · Messing Up Is the System Working

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