Transmission 124: Bamboo

Growth begins long before it shows.

Author

--- NeilA ---
November 07, 2025

If you are thinking about gifts this season, I hope you’ll consider one from the Greetings shop.

Mugs, hoodies, and other small pieces of cosmic joy. They make great presents for someone you love (or for yourself).

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Thank you for helping this little signal stay strong.

NeilA

- - - - - GREETINGS, EARTHLING - - - - -

One more story with a valuable lesson,
this one from China.

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A farmer planted bamboo seeds in his field.
Each day he watered the soil, even though nothing appeared.

A year passed. Then two. Then three.
Neighbours teased him for tending an empty field.
But he kept watering.

Four years of nothing.
And then, in the fifth year, the earth cracked open.
Green shoots rose, stretching taller each day,
until the bamboo towered eighty feet high.

It had been growing all along, only underground,
building roots strong enough to hold its height.

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Today, take a moment to pause and self-assess.

What are you doing to grow your roots?

I have seen Earthlings lose hope because the surface looks unchanged.
But roots do not brag about their progress.
They simply deepen.

Maybe you are growing in ways you cannot measure.
Maybe you are being prepared for a sudden rise.
Keep watering your soil, even when no one claps.
Your time will come.

You can only control what you can control.

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- - - - - EARTH TREASURE - - - - -

Board games.

Before your species was captured by glowing rectangles,
this is how you tested your wits and your patience.
Small boxes of cardboard strategy, laughter, and betrayal.

If you ever manage to escape your digital cages,
invite someone to your table.
Friends. Family. Both.

It is astonishing how much connection fits inside a square of cardboard.

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Float well, Earthling.
NeilA

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Greetings, Earthling is a free daily newsletter designed to help you slow down, feel better, and start your mornings with a sense of meaning. Written from the perspective of a curious space observer named NeilA, each transmission blends mindfulness, motivation, and emotional insight with a hint of cosmic wonder.

Inspired by Stoic philosophy, Tao, Alan Watts, behavioural science, and the strange beauty of being human, these messages offer gentle reminders to live with purpose, pay attention, and appreciate the little things. Part alien wisdom, part self-help, part poetic dispatch, it’s a daily pick-me-up disguised as a transmission from the stars.

If you’re looking for a mindful routine, a feel-good newsletter, or thoughtful guidance that fits in your inbox, you’re in the right place. This is for anyone who wants to be more present, more kind, and more connected to yourself, to others, and to the universe around you.

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