YOUR LIFE IS NOT STAGNANT

IT IS INCUBATING. Why you cannot judge your progress by what you see.

The Illusion of Winter

Tu B’Shvat (The New Year for Trees) comes at a strange time. The trees are bare. The ground is cold. To the naked eye, everything looks dead. But this date marks the moment the sap begins to rise deep underground. The life force is moving, but it is completely invisible to the outside world.

The Human Winter

We are obsessed with visibility. We measure our lives by the “Fruit”—the results, the income, the likes, the milestones. When we don’t see fruit, we assume we are failing. We assume our effort was in vain.

But the blueprints of nature teach a different law: Growth happens in the dark. There are times of labor, difficulty, and waiting where there is absolutely no visible result. But this is not stagnation. This is root strengthening.

The Root Decision

The most comforting truth of this day is this: “It has already been decided in the root that the growth will come.”

The potential has already been activated. The code has been executed. The fact that you cannot see the flower yet does not mean the flower isn’t coming. It just means it is traveling through the system.

Trust the Lag

This day teaches us to have patience for ourselves. To understand that not every effort needs to prove itself immediately. Not every prayer is answered instantly. Not every investment pays off in Q1.

The work was not in vain. The investment was not for nothing. What is built in truth and inner quiet will bear fruit “in its season.” You don’t need to force it. You just need to keep watering the empty patch of dirt, knowing that the seed is alive.

Translated from the Hebrew Transmissions of Ruth Kedem

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ORIYA’S NOTE

We live in an “Amazon Prime” reality. We click “Order,” and we expect the package in two days. If it doesn’t arrive, we panic. We think the order was lost.

But nature operates on “Agricultural Time,” not “Digital Time.” In agriculture, there is a massive lag between the sowing and the reaping. You can water a seed for weeks and see nothing but mud. If you were to dig it up to check if it’s working, you would kill it.

This text is a reminder for anyone who feels like they are working hard but staying in the same place. You aren’t stuck. You are incubating. The tree in winter looks dead, but it is actually the busiest thing in the forest. It is building the pressure required to push out the blossoms in spring.

Your lack of results is not a lack of progress. It is just the necessary lag of a deep root system.