LAWS OF CAUSE AND EFFECT.

How many times it thundered before Franklin took the hint!
How many apples fell on Newtons head before he took the hint! Nature is always hinting at us. It hints over and over again, and suddenly we take the hint. (Robert Frost)

Success is a matter of laws and we are referring to the laws of nature. Change is nature's law. We are either moving forward or we are going backward, we are either creating or disintegrating. There is no status quo. A seed if it is not planted in the earth to create, disintegrates.
Change is Inevitable, it is going to happen whether you like it or not. "All progress is change but all change is not progress". We must evaluate change and accept it only if it makes sense. Acceptance without evaluation amounts to conforming behaviour, a sign of lack of confidence and low self esteem.
There is a lot be said about tradition. Growth for the sake of growth is the philosophy of a cancerous cell. It is negativity spreading all over. Growth in order to be meaningful must be positive. Success is not a matter of luck but of Laws.

Law of Cause and Effect.

In order to succeed, we need to understand the law of cause and effect and the relationship between actions and results. For every effect, there is a cause. The law of cause and effect is the same as the law of sowing and reaping.
Below are some of the laws of sowing and reaping

★. You must have the desire to sow.
Desire is the starting point.
★. What you sow, so shall you reap.
If you sow potatoes, you are only going to reap potatoes, not tomatoes.
★. You must sow before you reap.
Sowing takes place before reaping; you must give before you get. You cannot expect the fireplace to give heat before you put in the fuel. Some people are constantly looking to get before they give. It does not work that way.
★. When you sow a seed, you reap manifold.
If you sow a positive seed, your harvest will be manifold in the positive and so it will be in the other way round if you sow a negative seed. It is not uncommon to see people going against nature's law.
★. A farmer knows that you cannot sow and reap in the same day. There is always a period of gestation
★. You sow sparingly, you reap sparingly. You sow abundantly, you reap abundantly.

It is like the law of physics. For every action, there is an equal opposite reaction. Most of the time people are trying to change the effect while the cause remains. Either you constantly feed your mind with positives or negativity automatically fills the vacuum. Many ancient sages have also said what James Allen said in his book "As a Man Thinketh". A man's mind is like a garden. If we plant good seeds, we will have a good garden, but if we don't plant anything, something will grow and that will be weeds. That's nature's Law.
The same holds true in our lives. In fact I would go a step further. Even if we plant good seeds, weeds would still grow. The process of weeding goes on forever.
If you put water in a glass and put it in sub zero temperature, it will freeze. That is not surprising. This is nature's Law. In fact, that is the only thing that will happen.

Our Thoughts are Causes.

You sow a thought, you reap an action.
You sow an action, you reap habit.
You sow a habit, you reap a character.
You sow a character, you reap destiny.
It all starts with a thought.
Mind your thoughts my dear.