thE pOWER OF THE sEED
- Derrick Johnson
- May 28
- 2 min read
We talk a lot about the harvest. We celebrate the fruit, the success, and the fully grown tree bending under the weight of its own abundance. But we rarely stop to look at where it all began.
Everything you see—every massive empire, every breakthrough, every masterclass of a human being—started as a seed.
Think about it: a seed is just a tiny, unassuming fraction of the fruit. If you didn’t know any better, you’d look at an apple seed or a watermelon seed and think nothing of it. It’s small. It’s quiet. It looks insignificant. But the magic isn’t in what the seed looks like on the outside; it’s about what is locked on the inside.
You cannot get an apple tree without an apple seed. You cannot get a watermelon without a watermelon seed. The law of duplication is absolute: whatever kind of seed you possess is exactly the kind of plant that is going to flourish. It’s Already in you.
Here is the beautiful truth about the seed, and it’s the exact same truth for you and me: We all started as a seed. Before you ever took your first breath, your entire potential was already hardcoded into your DNA. Who you are supposed to be, the impact you are supposed to make, and the heights you are supposed to reach aren't things you have to go out and manufacture. They were already in you from the very beginning.
A seed doesn’t have to go to school to learn how to be a tree. It doesn’t look at other plants and try to copy their vibe. It just becomes what it was already designed to be. Your destiny isn't an external destination you have to search for, it’s an internal reality you have to grow into.
But let’s be real, potential doesn’t mean instant gratification. It takes time to push through the dirt, to thrive, and to finally reach your destination.
If it is done right, the soil is fertilized. (And you know what fertilizer is!) So don't worry or be surprised when you have to go through a bunch of SHIT just to break through.
Every seed has its own timeline, and every plant has its own pace. If you aren't bearing fruit yet, it doesn’t mean you’re broken. It just means you’re still growing to a level that can handle the harvest.
So, what is our job in the meantime? If the blueprint is already inside us, what do we actually control?
The soil.
You can have the most genetically perfect, powerhouse seed in the world, but if you drop it on concrete, it will die. If you put it in toxic, dried-out dirt, it will starve. To become everything you were designed to be, you have to ensure you are being nourished and planted in the right environment.
Surround yourself with the right people, the right energy, and the right knowledge. Protect your peace and water your mind. When you align your internal seed with the right external soil, the outcome becomes inevitable.
Your fruit will be exactly what it was always supposed to be: SPECTACULAR

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