"A tree...grows from a downy tip."

Poem by Lao Tzu in the Tao Te Ching.
A tree that can fill the space of a man's arms
Grows from a downy tip;
A terrace nine stories high
Rises from small loads of earth;
A journey of a thousand miles
Starts from beneath one's feet.

I remember when my third child (a great lover of popcorn, by the way) realized what popcorn was.  We were at a carnival and he wanted a bag of popcorn for a treat.  He was quite small, maybe 5, at the most.  He bit into a kernel and it was one that had a seed in it.
He asked, "What is this, Mama?" I told him that all things begin small and popcorn is really a seed that has burst open after being fired.
He was really excited in the way preschoolers get.  "So, just like the trees have seeds that flutter down on us, so do popcorn plants?"  he asked.
I said, "Yes, my little one."
He talked about a lot of plants that day, apples and their seeds, dandelions and their seeds...
All I could do was look at him, so small, with new ideas bursting forth from little concepts.
He was so small.
We all were once.  It is important to remember it is good to be new, to be fresh, just a bud on a branch.  We have the potential in our minds and hearts to make so much of this world.  We started walking down the fairway, he held my hand, and I reflected upon everything I saw.  Everything there started in the imagination.  Everything you could play, every light, placed, every color chosen, every ride designed, even the fairway itself in its layout, had been in someone's mind, a thought, a seed.  The goal is to not remain a thought, a seed.  To grow and change and to create more potential, foster new ideas, sow more seeds, are the goals. 
A seed is all about the future.  We have hope.  It is like when we buy the ticket to the ride.  The person hands us the ticket, but, that is not the product.  We bought what will be, what will happen, what we hope for.  We have bought an experience.
I see in each person, potential; it has gotten me in quite the dilemmas, at times.  I say this because, I give to some who are not ready to grow.  But, I tell them, those who ask me, "Why do you even try with some students, people, etc.?"
I just smile and think to myself,
"I am planting a seed.  I do not need to see the mature tree to do so." ~ Amy Sperry Faldet