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The Meaning Behind Bamboo Nutrition

When Chinese bamboo is planted, nothing much happens. In fact, during the first year, even the best fertilizer and water doesn’t seem to produce growth.

Year two will come and go, and again, despite caring for the seed, nothing seems to happen. (Hmm…does this sound like your own experience in recovery/healing?).

Years three and four pass, and you guessed it: nothing appears to be happening with the bamboo. This would be quite disappointing, don’t you think, especially with all of the time and energy spent nurturing the seed.

By year five, things feel kind of hopeless with the plant. Can you imagine being in recovery for five years without experiencing steady progress? I’ve been there and I felt depleted, too!

Then, surprisingly, sometime during that fifth year, in a span of only six weeks, the bamboo plant shoots up about 90 feet! Isn’t that amazing!?

During all of that time, it had seemed that the plant wasn’t growing. For five years, the bamboo didn’t look like it was changing, but it was. It was building a solid foundation underground so that, during that fifth year, tremendous growth could happen.

Consider this perspective: if all of that tremendous growth had happened in year one with the bamboo, the plant wouldn’t have been nearly as sturdy. Wind could have easily toppled over such a tall plant without a solid foundation to support it.

Like bamboo, recovery takes time.

Don’t quit before you and your recovery (like our patient friend the bamboo) grow strong. Remember to keep watering. Keep fertilizing. Something is indeed happening inside, even though you may not see it or feel it.

Written By: Jenni Schaefer