Life Lessons from a Money Plant

Hello all you happy people. I hope you all are having an amazing weekend till now. Today I am going to talk about my dear money plant. It has a name by the way. I named it MadhuSudh (Combination of my amazing late grandfathers’ names viz. Madhukar and Sudhakar). If naming a plant is considered as weird, then I am proud to be a weirdo :D, anyways happy reading.

So the story begins with me planting a tiny money plant in a small water-filled bottle. I planted it just to enhance the appearance of my room. Little did I know that it would teach me so much about life albeit silently. It didn’t show any signs of growth initially but I kept on watering it regularly and waited patiently for the signs of a new leaf. After about a month or so, I saw a tiny leaf enclosed in a sheath, sprouting from the stem. I was the happiest person on the earth. My darling was actually growing up. I had somehow developed sisterly feelings towards it because I have forever been an elder sister to so many little cousins.

Watching it grow was so soothing to my soul. My academic growth had almost stopped during that time and all I wanted was to be successful. But that little guy taught me that you cannot reach ginormous heights in a short period of time. You need to take baby steps every day to be successful. This was the first lesson that it taught me.

When I moved out of my parents’ house, I wanted to take it with me. But I was unsure whether the little guy would be able to handle this 18+ hours journey trapped in a Ziploc bag. But we were meant to be together and so it did survive. It is still with me, still growing little by little every day. This was its second lesson. No matter how many hardships you face, you are capable of handling them all because you are meant to be a winner.

Another characteristic of the money plant is that a new leaf grows from the stem attached to an old leaf. And the new leaf is firmly attached to its parent leaf. So this is a lesson for every one of us. No matter how successful or independent you become, you should never forget your roots. You should never leave your parents. I mean you might move away from your hometown and settle at some other place, but you should never leave your parents alone. Always stay connected with them emotionally. The happiness of your Mom and Dad should always be your top priority.

So friends I hope you enjoyed reading this article and if you agree with the teachings of MadhuSudh. Let me know in the comments section, whether you liked this article or not. Goodbye my dear friends and I will see you soon. Until then Keep Smiling. Please do follow my blog, like the facebook page. (https://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Happy-Girl/292903830872974?ref_type=bookmark), follow me on twitter (https://twitter.com/A_Happy_Girl2) as well as on Google Plus. If you have any suggestions or questions, please comment below.