Say you have a rotten apple. Completely gross, mouldy and inedible Its seeds have fallen out. Its final end will definitely be in the bin.
But you don't realise that it's mouldy. It is - it's awful, but it's the only apple you've got, so you think it'll do.
Someone has their hand out, offering you a seed to plant a new apple tree. The apple tree will bear good fruit forever.
If you want to, you can throw away your mouldy old apple and take the seed and plant it. It's your choice.
If you don't plant the seed, all you'll have is a rotten apple that will end up in the bin.
If you do plant it, you will have a beautiful, everlasting apple tree that you can tend to and nourish and enjoy forever.
To make this choice, you have to acknowledge that the apple you have is really rather yucky, and then you will want to throw it away and plant a your tree.
But unless you acknowledge the rottenness of your apple and take the seed, you'll be stuck with that rotten apple until it goes in the bin, and you'll never have a new tree.
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