Most plants will throw a root out before trying to send a shoot upward. The simple reason for this is that water intake is critically important for the vascular tissues of a seedling to survive. If the plant sent a shoot up first, the shoot would start drawing water up from the seed. If there is no water available, air enters the vascular tissue. Air in a plant vascular tissue creates the same damage as a blood clot blocking a blood vessel in a human with one major difference: Humans can sometimes dissolve clots using enzymes in the body while plants have no way of removing the air bubble. In other words, leaves with no roots = dead plant.
What analogies can I find between wheat and meekness? None – and that’s fine with me.

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