The Wisdom of Bamboo

A Life Lesson on Inner Strength, Outer calm

Thomas Oppong
Personal Growth
Published in
4 min readApr 30, 2024

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Bamboo isn’t the most imposing tree. It sways in the wind, seemingly fragile. But it never snaps. It bends, it dips, but it comes right back up. It doesn’t snap under pressure. That’s the power of outer calm. But the real power of bamboo is its root system. It’s a marvel of nature, a complex network that holds it firmly.

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Thomas Oppong
Personal Growth

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