Are you good soil?

" Matt 13:3-9 says "A farmer went out to sow his seed. ⁴As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. ⁵Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. ⁶But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. ⁷Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. ⁸Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. ⁹He who has ears, let him hear." 

So, are you good soil? Are you allowing the things of this world to choke you out of what God is doing? When we talk about helping our own country before the impoverished countries like haiti, is that good soil? 

In my mind, soil changes. Sometimes I can get choked, other times I produce, still other times I don't hear what God is saying. My goal, however, is to always be good soil.  Where is your root today? Is it grounded in tradition, or on the Word of God?