Does It Grow Corn?

"If it doesn't grow corn..." is an evaluation technique I use and teach others to employ when they are faced with difficult personal decisions with fabulous and/or unsavory choices in every direction.

"If it doesn't grow Corn" is a phrase based in the Native American philosophy of daily living and nourishing family/tribe/community through one's thoughts, words, and actions. Simply put: "If what you are doing, learning, feeling, saying or thinking isn't making your life and the lives of others around you better, then why do it?"

It asks us to question, simplify and focus our energy in ways that will improve all life. "Is it growing Corn?" is a question you can ask yourself about any choice in your life. If the answer is affirmative, continue. If it doesn't grow Corn, find another way.