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Whether one or the other, the pursuit thereof is a path of concentrated rewiring of daily habits. A lack of instant gratification and comfort.

The whole Christian aspect of virtue is why it is described in Jesus’ words as a grain of mustard seed, a fig tree, good crops, good trees, corrupt trees, corrupt fruits. The small humble seed will grow unto a mighty tree indeed for fowls of the air to lodge in it’s branches, such is the kingdom of heaven.

This is also strikingly similar to the growth of neurons and the neural network in the brain. The myelin sheath will continue to thicken with rehearsal habitual ways to conduct electrical neural pulses quicker. The dendrites only branch with challenging or novel activity with what Vygotsky called the ‘Zone of Proximal Development’ where actual learning occurs with a more capable peer.

Just as our brains physiologically grow with learning likewise does the soul with planting seeds of virtue.