I Want To Thrive Not Just Survive

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wing, that all was well. I ignored myself in many ways because I was afraid of change and greater growth.Many people would be familiar with the lavender bush in their yard that is growing but not doing too well or in contrast the self-sown nasturtiums that thrive when left to do their own thing.Similar to plants when we’re left to nourish ourselves and plant ourselves where nature intended, we may flourish.Otherwise, we risk giving our power over to others to plant us where they wish. We risk being the struggling lavender bush for all our life. We risk surviving rather than thriving.Just like this fascinating article on <a href="https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/artful-amoeba/roots-down-shoots-up-but-how-does-a-plant-know-which-is-which/">How plants know which way is which?</a> By Jennifer Frazer. Plants have innate intelligence and knowing just like we do. To trust this about ourselves is freeing and magical.Trusting in the deeper wisdom we all possess gives us the ability to release a great deal of control over that which we have no control over.Often the progress we make in life is invisible and silent. We may feel it deeply and

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sense it, but it can be quiet and isolating. The cultivating of deep roots may ask us to sit in this space for a while.It can be incredibly uncomfortable, but it is the chance to create a stable foundation for our future if we choose to commit to the challenge.Sometimes we need the storm to blow through to give us the chance to regrow. We need to start again, and that is okay.When I notice something sprouting up from the soil that I didn’t plant in the garden I hold a special awareness for the natural processes and events of it getting to where it is.This process is what we often fail to celebrate and acknowledge within ourselves too as it is typically the big things or shallow things in life that are celebrated or acknowledged.The inner work is powerful and allows us to send our roots deep into the earth. From here we can stop surviving and getting by. From here we can thrive.Thanks To <a href="https://diacz.medium.com/">Diana C.</a> for the prompt. It is an incredible blessing to share my journey and stories with those around me. And I receive so much inspiration and positivity from reading the stories of others.</article></body>

Starting again to thrive

How deep do your roots reach?

It feels like my inner stability is constantly being tested. My life force being drained from every dying part of the old me. I deeply know it is happening for a purpose and I’m no longer resisting it.

I’m accepting the decay for it is supporting the new growth emerging.

Just like my green thumb has taught me in the garden, plants send their roots down first to have a stable base from which to grow abundantly from.

I have had a love for gardening that has allowed me to see plants growing in the craziest of places and positions. Plants are so adaptable as are people. But just because something is growing does not mean it is thriving.

For a long time, I thought because I was growing, that all was well. I ignored myself in many ways because I was afraid of change and greater growth.

Many people would be familiar with the lavender bush in their yard that is growing but not doing too well or in contrast the self-sown nasturtiums that thrive when left to do their own thing.

Similar to plants when we’re left to nourish ourselves and plant ourselves where nature intended, we may flourish.

Otherwise, we risk giving our power over to others to plant us where they wish. We risk being the struggling lavender bush for all our life. We risk surviving rather than thriving.

Just like this fascinating article on How plants know which way is which? By Jennifer Frazer. Plants have innate intelligence and knowing just like we do. To trust this about ourselves is freeing and magical.

Trusting in the deeper wisdom we all possess gives us the ability to release a great deal of control over that which we have no control over.

Often the progress we make in life is invisible and silent. We may feel it deeply and sense it, but it can be quiet and isolating. The cultivating of deep roots may ask us to sit in this space for a while.

It can be incredibly uncomfortable, but it is the chance to create a stable foundation for our future if we choose to commit to the challenge.

Sometimes we need the storm to blow through to give us the chance to regrow. We need to start again, and that is okay.

When I notice something sprouting up from the soil that I didn’t plant in the garden I hold a special awareness for the natural processes and events of it getting to where it is.

This process is what we often fail to celebrate and acknowledge within ourselves too as it is typically the big things or shallow things in life that are celebrated or acknowledged.

The inner work is powerful and allows us to send our roots deep into the earth. From here we can stop surviving and getting by. From here we can thrive.

Thanks To Diana C. for the prompt. It is an incredible blessing to share my journey and stories with those around me. And I receive so much inspiration and positivity from reading the stories of others.