![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmNoSLdw2egu17QQf97dHZ97Lcco9iAVY92Q7PSUFcwhQR/image.png) [source](https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2022/10/08/11/02/no-way-7506718_1280.jpg) Stress is required for development, change, and growth. As a result, you must be willing to go get it every day. My father tells me a story all the time. "Every morning on the plains of the eastern Serengeti desert, a gazelle realizes he must run faster than the fastest lion, or he will be eaten, and he will die that day," he explained. In the same desert, a lion wakes up in the morning and realizes he must run faster than the fastest gazelle or starve and die that day. "Son, the moral of the story is, no matter who you are, you need to be running when you wake up in the morning," he said. As a result, He taught me work ethics and how to work. However, in order to get where you want to go, you must put yourself under some strain. Stress, you see, is necessary. A seed, however, must be planted. A seed must be covered with dirt. However, guess what? Digging a hole, putting something in it, and covering it with dirt to grow something doesn't make sense to me. That makes no logical sense to me. But wait a minute. Dirt, you see, is required for growth and development. Character is formed by dirt. The push-through factor is provided by dirt. ![image.png](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmXkTZyAt64BNsAkuArvjD4HwUqA1dbFk48NLUgrhxvSBU/image.png) [source](https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2016/11/19/11/11/hands-1838658_1280.jpg) Dirt makes you come with it even when you don't want to, and dirt can be obtained in a variety of ways. You've all been thrown dirt, and dirt isn't always what you want. Someone at work is gossiping about you, accusing you of something you didn't do, telling you you're not going to make it, or spreading false information about you. Everyone gets dirt on them. But see, when you're put under pressure, dirt develops character in you. It teaches you how to deal with it when they talk about you. When you understand stress, you realize that when you plant the seed and cover it with dirt, stress isn't just dirt. Because soil contains nutrients, it is referred to as soil rather than dirt when planted. When people talk about you, they are actually feeding you nutrients by dogging you, lying to you, stealing from you, and talking about you. They're creating a persona. You now have personality. And now the seed, if they had placed a camera beneath the ground, you would have seen the seed sprout open and begin to emerge from the dirt, because the dirt is required for you to prove yourself. Everything you see above ground that blooms, plants, and grows and is beautiful was once underground. All of those potatoes and collard greens were once underground. The apple trees were once underground. As a result, they had to prove themselves.**So you want to be successful, right?** Then you'll have to prove yourself. You must push through the dirt. You must ascend through here. Then you must regrow and then you will become a tree. You'll have fruit before you know it. So, when you're stressed, accept it for what it is. Don't be pressured. Don't just think to yourself, "Oh man, nature must not intend for it to be." #### What is it you're tripping for? #### What are you talking about? #### How do you think you're going to be a plant or a tree, and ain't no stress? #### How are you going to get to be that without any dirt? I'm expecting dirt now. I anticipate that people will talk about me. In fact, I'm looking forward to it right now. Do your thing, because if I can survive what happened to my family and me before, you can bring whatever you have now. There's some more rumor going around that something bad is about to happen. Bring it, because I've created a character. That is what stress is. Thank you