 Hi, Shiva here. Happy to come back to you again with another Saturday story. Scientists found the seeds of 2,000 years old still alive. Yes, you heard it right. 2,000 year old seeds still alive. And when they planted these seeds in the soil, they germinated very well. They came out of the soil and the plants are growing very well now. These are seeds of deep palm found in Israel. How is it possible? How is it possible for 2,000 year old seeds to remain still alive? It's possible because seeds have a capacity called dormancy. What exactly dormancy is and why seeds express this dormancy? Dormancy is nothing but the ability of the seeds to be able to wait, adjust and come out of the soil when the conditions are favorable for them and not to germinate when the conditions are not favorable. So seeds can wait when the conditions are not favorable because if the conditions are not favorable like the sunlight, water, air and the weather is not congenial they don't want to germinate, come out and die. So they wait. So they use this power when the conditions are not favorable to remain in the soil dormant. Seeds are smart, aren't they? Why not we? You know, sometimes even if the conditions seem to be favorable the seeds still remain dormant and they don't come out of the soil. Yeah. Consider a plant whose seeds germinate immediately after a summer shower. The soil is moist and wet and appears to be congenial and if the seeds germinate they come out and after the summer shower no more rain and the temperatures are very high and the heat is scorching so the plants that emerge soon die. So what the seeds would do? They don't germinate. So they will wait for conditions that are more suitable and stable and sustainable when they come out they also have conditions where the plants can grow, they can flower, they can fruit successfully. The seeds are smart, aren't they? Why not we? You know now seeds have this power of dormancy and they use it for their very survival. One other thing that they do during this period of dormancy is to conserve their energy. Seeds conserve their energy, they don't face their energy because when the conditions become favorable and if the seeds have to germinate they have to break the heart shell, the seed gut. They have to break it, in order to break it they need energy and also in order to come out of the soil they have to push through the soil and come out they need energy. So what they do? They conserve the energy and they use it at the time of germination and emerging out of the soil and also during those initial days till the time the roots take position in the soil and start nurturing the plant the energy saved in the seed will be very handy to give that initial vigor to the seedlings. Seeds are smart, aren't they? Why not we? Take a look at the seeds. Seeds are the oblique red gist, with hold and wait for the right conditions to come out of the soil and they use this power of dormancy. Can we take some cues from the seeds, from their experience and the way the power of dormancy they are using it? Can we also wait for the right conditions out there so before we go out freely and work freely? Yeah, it all depends, you know, the kind of work that you are doing that is the right time you have to decide when is the right time for you to go out and to do your work freely and successfully. So I would like to ask a question. Would you like to adjust your lifestyle so that you could go out and establish yourself successfully and also succeed in the work that you are doing? Yes or yes? Yes? Thank you. I wish you success. Take good care, stay happy and stay healthy. Remember, you are awesome. And please do subscribe to my YouTube channel and press the bell icon there so that whenever I post my YouTube videos you get notified and you don't miss the opportunity of seeing them. Thank you.